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Title:

Solomon Northup's odyssey [videorecording] : twelve years as a slave / Past America, Inc. ; producer, Yanna Kroyt Brandt ; writers, Lou Potter, Samm-Art Williams ; director, Gordon Parks.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

Monterey Video,

Copyright Date:

c2004, c1984

Description:

1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Northup, Solomon,--b. 1808.--Drama.
Slavery--United States.
African Americans--Drama.--Drama.
Slaves--Louisiana--Drama.--Drama.
Feature films.
Documentary films.

Other Authors:

Brandt, Yanna.
Williams, Samm-Art.
Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006.
Brooks, Avery.
Adams, Mason.
Broadhurst, Kent.
Bryant, Lee.
Greene, Rhetta.
League, Janet.
Paley, Petronia.
Narita, Hiro, 1941-
Northup, Solomon, b. 1808. Twelve years a slave.
Past America Inc.
Monterey Video (Firm)

Other Titles:

American playhouse (Television program)

Notes:

Originally broadcast as part of the PBS television program American Playhouse in 1984. From the autobiography My twelve years as a slave by Solomon Northup. DVD features: actor profiles, Gordon Parks' bio, story background, original press, discussion topics. Avery Brooks, Mason Adams, Kent Broadhurst, Lee Bryant, Rhetta Greene, Janet League, Petronia Paley.

Summary:

Based on the true story of Solomon Northrup, a free black man from New York who was kidnapped in 1841 and forced into slavery in Louisiana.

ISBN:

9781569942666
1569942668

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57591904

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)