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Solomon Northup's odyssey : twelve years a slave

Title
  1. Solomon Northup's odyssey : twelve years a slave / directed by Gordon Parks.
Published by
  1. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Monterey Video, ©2004, ©1984.

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Additional authors
  1. Brandt, Yanna
  2. Potter, Lou
  3. Williams, Samm-Art
  4. Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006
  5. Brooks, Avery
  6. Adams, Mason
  7. Broadhurst, Kent
  8. Bryant, Lee
  9. Greene, Rhetta
  10. League, Janet
  11. Paley, Petronia
  12. Narita, Hiro, 1941-
  13. Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
  14. Past America Inc., production company
  15. Monterey Video (Firm), publisher
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Based on the true story of Solomon Northrup, a free black man from New York who was kidnapped in 1841 and forced into slavery in Louisiana.
Uniform title
  1. American playhouse (Television program)
Alternative title
  1. Twelve years a slave
  2. 12 years a slave [1984]
Subject
  1. Feature films
  2. Slavery > United States
  3. Biographical films
  4. Documentary films
  5. African Americans > Biography > Drama
  6. Slaves > Louisiana > Biography > Drama
  7. Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863? > Drama
Genre/Form
  1. Feature films.
  2. Biographical films.
  3. Documentary films.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual DVD-1960
Note
  1. Originally broadcast as part of the PBS television program American Playhouse in 1984.
  2. From the autobiography My twelve years as a slave by Solomon Northup.
  3. DVD features: actor profiles, Gordon Parks' biography, story background, original press, discussion topics.
  4. "Twelve Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup avilable in the Research and Reference Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in: Sc 326.92-N (Northup, S. Twelve years a slave)
Credits (note)
  1. Screenwriters, Lou Potter, Samm-Art Williams ; producer, Yanna Kroyt Brandt ; cinematographer, Hiro Narita ; composer, Gordon Parks ; Past America, Inc.
Performer (note)
  1. Avery Brooks, Mason Adams, Kent Broadhurst, Lee Bryant, Rhetta Greene, Janet League, Petronia Paley.
System details (note)
  1. DVD.
Title
  1. Solomon Northup's odyssey : twelve years a slave / directed by Gordon Parks.
Imprint
  1. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Monterey Video, ©2004, ©1984.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videodisc
Cast
  1. Avery Brooks, Mason Adams, Kent Broadhurst, Lee Bryant, Rhetta Greene, Janet League, Petronia Paley.
System details
  1. DVD.
Credits
  1. Screenwriters, Lou Potter, Samm-Art Williams ; producer, Yanna Kroyt Brandt ; cinematographer, Hiro Narita ; composer, Gordon Parks ; Past America, Inc.
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Added author
  1. Brandt, Yanna, film producer.
  2. Potter, Lou, screenwriter.
  3. Williams, Samm-Art, screenwriter.
  4. Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, film director.
  5. Brooks, Avery, actor.
  6. Adams, Mason, actor.
  7. Broadhurst, Kent, actor.
  8. Bryant, Lee, actor.
  9. Greene, Rhetta, actor.
  10. League, Janet, actor.
  11. Paley, Petronia, actor.
  12. Narita, Hiro, 1941- cinemaographer.
  13. Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863? Twelve years a slave.
  14. Past America Inc., production company.
  15. Monterey Video (Firm), publisher.
Added title
  1. American playhouse (Television program)
Other standard identifier
  1. 012233397628
Publisher no.
  1. 339762 Monterey Video
ISBN
  1. 1569942668
  2. 9781569942666
  3. 9781569942668
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual DVD-1960
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