| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 32 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Series |
Torchlighters |
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Torchlighters.
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| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Robert Fernandez. |
| Cast |
Nate Goodwyn, Leonard Dozier. |
| Summary |
Born into slavery in the U.S. before the Revolutionary War, young Richard Allen believes he faces a hopeless future. But after becoming a Christian as a young man and then seeing his master also come to faith, Allen buys his freedom. As a free man, he serves God first as a circuit-riding preacher and then as a pastor in Philadelphia. Even so, he cannot completely leave the injustice of his past behind. When the White senior pastor tells Allen and other Black congregants to "know their place"-which is in the balcony, away from White parishioners-Reverend Allen must make a decision: How will he stand up for his people? When an epidemic strikes Philadelphia, will he risk his own life to help those who treated him as a second-class citizen? |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Allen, Richard, 1760-1831 -- Juvenile films.
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Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Juvenile films.
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African American clergy -- Biography -- Juvenile films.
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Allen, Richard, 1760-1831.
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Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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African American clergy -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Richard Allen story |
| Music No. |
MWT15423869 |
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