10,000 black men named George [DVD] / Showtime and Paramount Pictures present ; executive producer, Abby Mann ; executive producer, André Braugher ; executive producer, Stan Margulies ; producer, Michelle Mundy ; written by Cyrus Nowrasteh ; directed by Robert Townsend.
Format:
[DVD] /
Edition:
Full screen format.
Publisher:
Paramount,
Copyright Date:
2003
Description:
1 videodisc (89 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
André Braugher, Charles S. Dutton, Mario Van Peebles, Brock Peters, Carla Brothers, Kenneth McGregor, Ernestine Jackson, Ellen Holly, Kedar, Joel Gordon, Ardon Bess, Karen Eyo. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. Based on the book, "A long hard journey" by Fredrick McKissack.
Summary:
The true story of the formation of the first black-controlled union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Asa Philip Randolph, a black journalist establishes a voice for the forgotten workers of the Pullman Rail Company, were all black porters were simply named "George", after George Pullman, the first person to employ emancipated slaves.
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