| Description |
1 videodisc (77 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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mono rdacpc |
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Dolby Digital |
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NTSC rdatr |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion picture lcsh |
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eth African Americans lcdgt |
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nat Americans lcdgt |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; mono. |
| Language |
Silent film with intertitles in English and music. |
| Cast |
Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements, James D. Ruffin, Jack Chenault, William Smith, Charles D. Lucas. |
| Credits |
Music, Philip Carli.. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Summary |
Created as a response to The Birth of a Nation which depicted southern whites in need of the Ku Klux Klan to protect them from blood thirsty blacks, Micheaux shows the reality of Dixie racism in 1920, where a black man could be lynched for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. |
| Subject |
African Americans in motion pictures -- Videodiscs.
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African Americans -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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African Americans -- Southern States -- 20th century -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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African American teachers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Racism -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Teachers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Silent films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Silent films.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
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Carli, Philip, composer (expression)
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Preer, Evelyn, actor.
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Clements, Flo, actor.
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Ruffin, James D., actor.
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Chenault, Jack, actor.
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Smith, William (William S.), actor.
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Lucas, Charles D., actor.
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Micheaux Film Corporation, production company.
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| Standard No. |
089218671394 |
| Music No. |
ALP 6713D Alpha Video |
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