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Title:

Almos' a man [videorecording] / teleplay by Leslie Lee ; produced by Dan McCann ; directed by Stan Lathan ; Learning in Focus, Inc.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

Standard format.

Publisher:

Distributed by Monterey Media,
Distributed by Monterey Media,

Copyright Date:

2004, c1976

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 37 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Agricultural laborers.--Drama.
African Americans--Drama.
Teenagers--Identity--Drama.
Firearms.--Drama.
Agricultural laborers.--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Teenagers--Identity--Fiction.
Firearms.--Fiction.
Agricultural laborers.--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Teenagers--Identity--Fiction.
Firearms.--Fiction.
Television adaptations.
Videodiscs.
DVD collection
Television adaptations.
DVD-Video discs.

Other Authors:

Burton, LeVar
Sinclair, Madge.
Doqui, Robert.
Fonda, Henry 1905-
Lee, Leslie, 1944-
McCann, Dan.
Lathan, Stan.
Taj Mahal (Musician)
Monterey Video (Firm)
Monterey Media Inc.
Learning in Focus, inc.

Notes:

At head of title: Richard Wright's. Based on the short story by Richard Wright. Originally produced for television in 1976. "Suitable for general audience"--Container. Container erroneously states program running time is ca. 51 min. Includes author biography, actor biographies, information about the American short story collection, transcript of an interview with Robert Geller, Henry Fonda introduction, previews, and DVD-ROM features with printable study guide. LeVar Burton, Madge Sinclair, Robert DoQui. [Hosted by Henry Fonda].

Summary:

A fifteen-year-old sharecropper, searching for identity, decides to prove his manhood by buying a gun, but he only succeeds in making a fatal mistake.

Series:

American short story collection

ISBN:

9781569944257
1569944253

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)