Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Hercules, Bob
2. Quinn, Gordon
3. Rudnick, Joanna
4. Jones, Bill T.
5. Walker, Keith (Cinematographer)
6. Simpson, David E.
7. Kartemquin Films, production company.
8. Independent Television Service, production company.
9. Media Process Group, Inc., production company.
10. Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company.
11. Ravinia Festival.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Follows Bill T. Jones as he and his company create an original dance-theater piece in honor of Abraham Lincoln's Bicentennial. Jones and his company come face to face with America's unresolved contradictions about race, equality and the legacy of Abraham Lincoln.

Uniform title

1. American masters (Television program)

Alternative title

1. Good man

Subject

1. Jones, Bill T
2. Dance films
3. Modern dance
4. Documentary films
5. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Drama
6. Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company

Genre/Form

1. Documentary films.
2. Dance films.

Contents

1. Intro/big enough to deal with Lincoln? -- Postmodernism to a world of ideas -- Finding Lincoln -- Janet/Asli -- Duets -- Working with Bill -- Reaching the audience -- Testing the elements -- My job is to see them -- All choppy seas -- Belief in great men -- The ghost train -- Opening night.

Call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-377

Note

1. Special features: additional scenes, Bill T. Jones on historical text in Fondly, Filmmakers interview.
2. Summary from videodisc container.
3. Source used: videodisc container.

Credits (note)

1. Producer, Joanna Rudnick ; cinematographer, Keith Walker ; editor, David E. Simpson ; Kartemquin Films, American Masters, The Independent Television Series (ITVS), Media Process Group in association with Ravinia Festival present.

Performer (note)

1. Bill T. Jones, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.

System details (note)

1. DVD ; NTSC; all regions; 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.

Language (note)

1. Closed captioned.

Awards (note)

1. Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection ; Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection ; DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection ; Southern Circuit 2011-2012 Tour, Official Selection ; Minneapolis-St.Paul International Film Festival, Official Selection ; New Orleans Film Festival, Official Selection.

Title

1. Bill T. Jones A good man / directed by Bob Hercules and Gordon Quinn.

Imprint

1. [Chicago] : Kartemquin Educational Films, c2011.

Cast

1. Bill T. Jones, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.

Credits

1. Producer, Joanna Rudnick ; cinematographer, Keith Walker ; editor, David E. Simpson ; Kartemquin Films, American Masters, The Independent Television Series (ITVS), Media Process Group in association with Ravinia Festival present.

System details

1. DVD ; NTSC; all regions; 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.

Language

1. Closed captioned.

Awards

1. Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection ; Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection ; DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection ; Southern Circuit 2011-2012 Tour, Official Selection ; Minneapolis-St.Paul International Film Festival, Official Selection ; New Orleans Film Festival, Official Selection.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Hercules, Bob, film director.
2. Quinn, Gordon, film director.
3. Rudnick, Joanna, film producer.
4. Jones, Bill T., performer.
5. Walker, Keith (Cinematographer), cinematographer.
6. Simpson, David E., film editor.
7. Kartemquin Films, production company.
8. Independent Television Service, production company.
9. Media Process Group, Inc., production company.
10. Ravinia Festival.
11. Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company.

Added title

1. American masters (Television program)

Other standard identifier

1. 707541383899

Publisher no.

1. K1102 Kartemquin Educational Films

Research call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-377