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Title:

Deacons for Defense [videorecording] / Showtime presents a Robert Rehme production ; a film by Bill Duke ; producer, Mark Little ; produced by Nick Grillo ; story by Michael D'Antonio ; screenplay by Richard Wesley and Frank Military ; directed by Bill Duke.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

Full screen format.

Publisher:

Showtime Entertainment :

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Deacons for Defense and Justice--Drama.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Drama.
Civil rights movements--Louisiana--Drama.
African American men--Louisiana--Drama.
Made-for-TV movies.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
DVD - Video discs.

Other Authors:

Duke, Bill, 1943-
Rehme, Robert, 1935-
Little, Mark (Mark Anthony)
Grillo, Nick.
D'Antonio, Michael.
Wesley, Richard, 1945-
Military, Frank.
Whitaker, Forest.
Silverman, Jonathan, 1966-
Davis, Ossie.
Benjamin, Paul, 1938-
Mack, Gene.
Starr, Beau, 1944-
Benskin, Tyrone.
Nicholls-King, Melanie.
Britton, Chris.
Gorin, Stephanie.
Colombier, Michel.
Keramidas, Harry.
Emmink, Peter.
Stannett, Ron.
Showtime Networks.
Showtime Entertainment.
Hallmark Entertainment (Firm)

Notes:

Originally broadcast as a made-for TV movie in 2003. Special features: filmographies of Forest Whitaker and Jonathan Silverman; interviews with Forest Whitaker and Jonathan Silverman. Forest Whitaker, Jonathan Silverman, Ossie Davis, Paul Benjamin, Gene Mack, Beau Starr, Tyrone Benskin, Melanie Nicholls-King, Chris Britton.

Summary:

Set in Louisiana in the 1960s, a group calling themselves Deacons for Defense rise up against the Ku Klux Klan. A hard-working man forms the Black militia group which then became a focal point during civil rights movement.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53465901

UPC:

758445109320

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)