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Title:

On the shoulders of giants [videorecording] / Union Productions ; Iconomy ; Arc Entertainment ; director, Deborah Morales ; writers, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Anna Waterhouse.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Union Productions,

Copyright Date:

2012, c2011

Description:

1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., col., with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

New York Renaissance (Basketball team)--History.
African Americans--New York--New York--History.
Basketball--New York--New York--History.
Documentary films.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--History.

Other Authors:

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-
Obstfeld, Raymond, 1952-
Morales, Deborah.
Waterhouse, Anna.
Foxx, Jamie.
Union Productions.
Iconomy (Firm).
ARC Entertainment (Firm).

Notes:

Based on the book by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld. Videodisc release of the documentary. Narrator, Jamie Foxx ; with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ; interviews with Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Maya Angelou, and more.

Summary:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's all-time leading scorer and New York Times bestselling author, invites everyone to witness the Harlem Renaissance as he shares his lifelong passion for the legends that inspired him to greatness. Go back with Kareem to a time when jazz was Harlem's soul and basketball was its heartbeat. Let him introduce the greatest basketball team that's never been heard of--the all-black Harlem Rens.

UPC:

037117028832

Locations:

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)