| Description |
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : illustrations ; 14 cm) |
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optical monoaural rdarm |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video region 0 |
| Series |
Film Movement classics.
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| System Details |
DVD, 1.33:1 standard presentation, mono, all regions |
| Language |
subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Cast |
Damien Leake, Alfre Woodward, Clarence Felder, Moses Gunn. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, William Birch ; editor, John Carter ; music, Elizabeth Swados. |
| Note |
Based on a true story, as told by Elsa Rassbach. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1984. |
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"The killing floor (1985) has been preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive as part of the Sundance Institute Collection"--Opening credits. |
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Bonus features: introduction by BIll Duke ; Q&A with Damien Leake and Elsa Rassbach ; making-of ; Pandemic Era Conversations ; interview with Elsa Rassbach ; new essays by James R. Barrett and Joe William Trotter, Jr. |
| Summary |
Frank Custer is an African-American migrant worker who struggles to help build an interracial union in the Chicago Stockyards. When management efforts to divide the workforce put strain on the racial tensions, the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 is the result. |
| Subject |
Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875- -- Videodiscs.
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Packing-houses -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Riots -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Drama.
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Made-for-TV movies.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Rassbach, Elsa, television producer, author.
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Milner, Ron.
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Lee, Leslie, 1930-2014, screenwriter.
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Manasse, George, television producer.
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Duke, Bill, 1943- television director.
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Leake, Damien, actor.
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Woodard, Alfre, 1953- actor.
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Felder, Clarence, actor.
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Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993, actor.
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Birch, William, 1918- director of photography.
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Swados, Elizabeth, composer (expression)
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Barrett, James R., 1950- essayist.
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Trotter, Joe William, 1945- essayist.
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Public Forum Productions, Ltd., production company.
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KERA Dallas/Ft. Worth (Television station), production company.
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Film Movement (Firm), publisher.
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| Standard No. |
850003924953 |
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