| Description |
1 videodisc (245 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
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Motion picture |
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Documentary films. lcgft |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen 1.33:1. |
| Language |
English dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
The bronze buckaroo: Herb Jeffries, Lucius Brooks, Artie Young. |
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Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.: Francine Everette, Don Wilson, Katherine Moore. |
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The blood of Jesus: Cathryn Caviness, Spencer Williams, Juanita Riley. |
| Credits |
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.: Photography, John L. Herrman. |
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The blood of Jesus: Photography, Jack Whitman. |
| Summary |
Includes the films The Bronze Buckaroo; Zora Neale Hurston Fieldwork Footage; Commandment Keeper Church; The Blood of Jesus; Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.; and Moses Sisters Interview. Also contains the extras "Tyler Texas Film Collection"; The Films of Zora Neale Hurston; The Films of Spencer Williams; and The End of an Era. |
| Contents |
The bronze buckaroo (1939) / written, produced and directed by Richard C. Kahn (58 min.) -- Zora Neale Hurston fieldwork footage -- Commandment keeper church (1940) -- The blood of Jesus (1941) / written and directed by Spencer Williams ; produced by Amegro Films (56 min.) -- Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (1946) / Alfred N. Sack presents ; directed by Spencer Williams ; produced by Bert Goldberg ; screenplay by True T. Thompson (60 min.) -- Moses Sisters interview 1978 32 minutes. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Race films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Race films.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Wood, Bret, film producer.
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Jeffries, Herb, actor.
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Brooks, Lucius, actor.
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Young, Artie, actor.
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Everett, Francine, 1920-1999, actor.
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Wilson, Don, actor.
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Bell, Lee, actor.
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Caviness, Cathryn, actor.
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Williams, Spencer, 1893-1969, actor, screenwriter, film director.
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Riley, Juanita, actor.
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Kahn, Richard C., 1897-1960, screenwriter, film producer, film director.
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Sack, Alfred N., presenter.
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Goldberg, Bert, film producer.
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Thompson, True T., screenwriter.
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Kino Classics (Firm), publisher.
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Library of Congress, publisher.
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Amegro Films (Firm), production company.
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| Music No. |
K20600E Kino Classics |
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