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King [DVD]

By Mann, Abby, television director, television producer, screenwriter, interviewee.
Maslansky, Paul, television producer.

Genre Television mini-series.

Published [2015] by Olive Films, [Chicago, Illinois]

UPC 887090088503

Bib Id 2194335

Description 2 videodiscs (271 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

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Leader
04825cgm a2200937Ia 4500
ISBN
$14.00
UPC
887090088503
Publisher Number
OF885
OF885-1
OF885-2
Call #
DVD
Uniform Title
King (Television program : 1978)
Title
King [DVD]
Publication Information
[2015] by Olive Films, [Chicago, Illinois] :
Description
2 videodiscs (271 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Form of Work
Television programs
Note
Originally broadcast as a television mini series in 1978.
Bonus features: Recreating history: the making of King (15:30); In conversation with Abby Mann & Tony Bennett (18:57); The struggle (19:55); The civil rights movement (19:26).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Michael Chapman ; editors, Rich Meyer, David Berlatsky, Byron "Buzz" Brandt ; music, Billy Goldenberg.
Cast
Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Ossie Davis, Ernie Hudson, Roscoe Lee Browne, Tony Bennett, Lonny Chapman, Cliff De Young, Al Freeman, Jr., Clu Gulager, Steven Hill, William Jordan, Warren Kemmerling, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Kenneth McMillan, Howard Rollins, David Spielberg, Dolph Sweet, Dick Anthony Williams.
Summary
Tracing the story of the civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr's rise from his early years as a Baptist minister in Memphis to his assassination in 1968, is riveting storytelling of the highest order, combining first-rate performances with spiritual, political and social themes that remain as relevant today as they were in the era portrayed.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 2.0.
Subject
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968--Drama.
King, Coretta Scott,--1927-2006--Drama.
Civil rights workers--Drama.
African Americans--Civil rights--Drama.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century--Drama.
United States--Race relations History--20th century--Drama.
Genre/Form
Television mini-series.
Biographical television programs.
Historical television programs.
Fiction television programs
Added Author
Mann, Abby, television director, television producer, screenwriter, interviewee.
Maslansky, Paul, television producer.
Winfield, Paul, actor.
Tyson, Cicely, actor.
Davis, Ossie, actor.
Hudson, Ernie, actor.
Browne, Roscoe Lee, actor.
Bennett, Tony, 1926- actor, interviewee.
Filmways TV Productions, production company.
Olive Films, film distributor.

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