| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (165 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time |
024454 |
| Description |
digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Jim Wright, Sam Waymon, Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, Walter Cotton |
| Event |
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 1980. |
| Summary |
This entirely African American-conceived and produced ensemble drama is the result of a collaboration of a pair of pioneering Black artists: writer Ishmael Reed and filmmaker Bill Gunn, who wrote and directed the underground classic℗¡Ganja & Hess℗¡and wrote the screenplay for Hal Ashby's℗¡The Landlord.℗¡ Originally intended to air on public television in 1980, it went unseen for many years; the original tapes have been carefully restored and the film is now available in its full-length version for the first time in decades! |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Social life and customs.
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African Americans -- drama.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Gunn, Bill, film director.
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Kino Lorber (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
5938454 Kanopy |
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