| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 109 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Agazi Desta. |
| Cast |
Inger Tudor, Jewell Wilson Bridges, June Schreiner, Jeremy Tardy, Daniel Kuhlman. |
| Summary |
Before Citizen Kane and The War of the Worlds, prominent Harlem Renaissance Broadway actress Rose McClendon convinces untested 20-year-old Orson Welles to direct Shakespeare's Macbeth with an all-Black cast in Harlem. The road to opening night proves to be a difficult one. This revolutionary 1936 production would change the world forever. Based on True Events. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth -- Adaptations -- Drama.
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Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 -- Drama.
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McClendon, Rose, 1884-1936 -- Drama.
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Theater -- Production and direction -- Drama.
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African American theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Desta, Agazi, screenwriter, director.
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Beaton, Christopher, director.
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Tudor, Inger, actor.
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Bridges, Jewell Wilson, actor.
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Schreiner, June, actor.
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hoopla digital.
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| Music No. |
MWT16151789 |
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