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A soldier's story

Title
  1. A soldier's story / directed by Norman Jewison.
Published by
  1. Burbank, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video, ©1991.

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Additional authors
  1. Jewison, Norman, 1926-2024
  2. Rollins, Howard E., 1950-1996
  3. Caesar, Adolph, 1933-1986
  4. Washington, Denzel, 1954-
  5. Fuller, Charles
  6. Columbia Pictures Industries.
  7. RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (Firm)
  8. Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (102 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. A black officer is sent to investigate the murder of a black sergeant in Louisiana near the end of World War II. It is a story about racism in a segregated regiment of the U.S Army commanded by white officers and training in the Jim Crow South, in a time and place where a black officer is unprecedented and bitterly resented by nearly everyone.
Subject
  1. African American actors
Genre/Form
  1. Feature films.
  2. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-318
Note
  1. Based on the play: A soldier's play by Charles Fuller.
  2. Originally released as motion picture in 1984.
Credits (note)
  1. Producers, Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary, Patrick Palmer ; screenwriter, Charles Fuller ; cinematographer, Russell Boyd ; film editors, Mark Warner, Caroline Biggerstaff ; composer, Herbie Hancock ; Columbia Pictures.
Performer (note)
  1. Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington.
System details (note)
  1. VHS; hi-fi, dolby stereo.
Language (note)
  1. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Title
  1. A soldier's story / directed by Norman Jewison.
Imprint
  1. Burbank, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video, ©1991.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videocassette
Cast
  1. Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington.
Credits
  1. Producers, Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary, Patrick Palmer ; screenwriter, Charles Fuller ; cinematographer, Russell Boyd ; film editors, Mark Warner, Caroline Biggerstaff ; composer, Herbie Hancock ; Columbia Pictures.
System details
  1. VHS; hi-fi, dolby stereo.
Language
  1. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
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  1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound
Added author
  1. Jewison, Norman, 1926-2024, film producer.
  2. Jewison, Norman, 1926-2024, film director.
  3. Rollins, Howard E., 1950-1996, actor.
  4. Caesar, Adolph, 1933-1986, actor.
  5. Washington, Denzel, 1954- actor.
  6. Fuller, Charles, screenwriter.
  7. Columbia Pictures Industries.
  8. RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (Firm)
  9. Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
ISBN
  1. 0800103297
  2. 9780800103293
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-318
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