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Title
  1. Family name / [directed by] Macky Alston.
Published by
  1. [New York, NY] : First Run/Icarus Films [distributor], ©1997.

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Additional authors
  1. Alston, Macky.
  2. Gayner, Kay.
  3. Opelika Pictures.
  4. First Run/Icarus Films.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (89 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. 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
  1. Is something a secret if everybody knows it, but nobody talks about it?
Subject
  1. Chatham County (N.C.) > Race relations > Case studies
  2. Families > Southern States > Case studies
  3. Identity (Psychology) > Southern States > Case studies
  4. Southern States > Race relations > Case studies
  5. Documentary films
  6. Alston family
  7. Biographical films
Genre/Form
  1. Documentary films.
  2. Biographical films.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-518
Credits (note)
  1. 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)
  1. VHS.
Title
  1. Family name / [directed by] Macky Alston.
Imprint
  1. [New York, NY] : First Run/Icarus Films [distributor], ©1997.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videocassette
Credits
  1. 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
  1. VHS.
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Added author
  1. Alston, Macky.
  2. Gayner, Kay.
  3. Opelika Pictures.
  4. First Run/Icarus Films.
Note
  1. Subtitle on container: Is something a secret if everybody knows it, but nobody talks about it?
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-518
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