| What's it like? |
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Helpful notes! |
Originally broadcast on television in 1998. |
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"Peabody Award winner." |
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Related to: Africans in America : America's journey through slavery / Charles Johnson, Patricia Smith, WGBH Series Research Team. -- New York : Harcourt Brace, c1998. |
| What's in it? |
Disc one. The Terrible transformation [(1450-1750)] ; Revolution [(1750-1805)] -- Disc two. Brotherly love [(1791-1831)] ; Judgment day [(1831-1865)]. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Michael Chin; editor, Chuck Scott; music score, Bernice Johnson Reagon. |
| Performers! |
Narrator: Angela Bassett. |
| What's it about? |
"Nearly ten years in the making, this landmark six-hour film series exposes the truth through surprising revelations, dramatic recreations, rare archival photography and riveting first-person accounts. Africans in America helps define the reality of slavery's past through the insightful commentary of a wide range of voices including General Colin Powell, authors John Edgar Wideman and Barry Unsworth and leading scholars. Narrated by Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett ... it offers unparalleled understanding - from slavery's birth in the early 1600s through the violent onset of civil war in 1860."--Container. |
| Who'd like this? |
Not rated. |
| Special stuff to know! |
DVD; Dolby Digital. |
| Helpful notes! |
In English, with optional English subtitles. |
| Helpful subjects! |
Slavery -- United States -- History.
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Slavery -- United States -- History -- 17th century.
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Slavery -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 17th century.
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Slavery -- Virginia -- History.
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Slavery -- Economic aspects -- Virginia -- History.
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African Americans -- History -- To 1863.
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Slavery -- Justification.
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United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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| It's a special thing! |
DVD-Video discs.
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| More people who helped! |
Bagwell, Orlando.
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Bellows, Susan.
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Fayer, Steve, 1935-
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Bassett, Angela.
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Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
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Johnson, Charles Richard, 1948-
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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WGBH Educational Foundation.
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PBS Video.
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| Other titles to try! |
Terrible transformation.
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Revolution.
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Brotherly love.
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Judgment day.
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| Special numbers! |
157807553X |
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9781578075539 |
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783421323094 |
| Special numbers! |
WG999 WGBH Educational Foundation |
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