| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 72 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 Robert Persons. |
| Performer |
Narrator, William Davidson. |
| Summary |
Man's relentless advance into the natural landscape is viewed with a poetic eye in this "experimental documentary" from filmmaker Robert Persons. General Orders No. 9 was shot in a territory that follows the Mississippi River through Alabama and Mississippi into Georgia, and charts the slow, inexorable transformation from a wilderness into its current state as settlers arrive, the land is mapped and charted, the territory becomes a town, towns grow into cities, and the once-untouched earth is changed forever. The film incorporates vintage photographs and film footage, original maps, plans for buildings, and other similar images along with new material to create a striking portrait of what was gained and what was lost over the course of two centuries in the American South. The first feature film from Robert Persons, General Orders No. 9 was an official selection at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival, where it received a special award for cinematography. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Southern States.
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United States -- History -- 1865-
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Persons, Robert.
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Davidson, William.
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hoopla digital.
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| Music No. |
MWT11056662 |
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