Family name
- Title
- Family name / [directed by] Macky Alston.
- Published by
- [New York, NY] : First Run/Icarus Films [distributor], ©1997.
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Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound. | FormatMoving image | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc Visual VRA-518 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 1 videocassette (89 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- As a child growing up in Durham, North Carolina, Macky Alston never questioned why all the other Alstons in his school were black. Now, after twenty-five years, he has gone back to unravel the mystery. In this documentary of race relations, Alston travels to family reunions, picnics, housing projects, churches, graveyards & the original Alston plantations to find people who share his family name.
- Alternative title
- Is something a secret if everybody knows it, but nobody talks about it?
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Documentary films.
- Biographical films.
- Call number
- Sc Visual VRA-518
- Credits (note)
- Screenwriter, Macky Alston, Kay Gayner ; cinematographer, Eliot Rockett ; editors, Sandra Marie Shristie, Christopher White ; composer, Camara Kambon ; Opelika Pictures, Inc. ; a film by Macky Alston.
- System details (note)
- VHS.
- Title
- Family name / [directed by] Macky Alston.
- Imprint
- [New York, NY] : First Run/Icarus Films [distributor], ©1997.
- Type of content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of medium
- video
- Type of carrier
- videocassette
- Credits
- Screenwriter, Macky Alston, Kay Gayner ; cinematographer, Eliot Rockett ; editors, Sandra Marie Shristie, Christopher White ; composer, Camara Kambon ; Opelika Pictures, Inc. ; a film by Macky Alston.
- System details
- VHS.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Alston, Macky.
- Gayner, Kay.
- Opelika Pictures.
- First Run/Icarus Films.
- Note
- Subtitle on container: Is something a secret if everybody knows it, but nobody talks about it?
- Research call number
- Sc Visual VRA-518