Slavery by another name [videorecording] / a production of TPT National Productions in association with Two Dollars & A Dream, Inc. ; produced and directed by Sam Pollard ; written by Sheila Curran Bernard.
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, Region 1, widescreen, stereo.
Language
In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Credits
Editor, Jason L. Pollard ; original score, Michael Bacon ; narrator, Laurence Fishburne.
Note
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas A. Blackmon.
Originally produced for television in 2012.
Audience
Rating: TV-PG-L, V.
Summary
Challenges one of America's most cherished assumptions, the belief that slavery in the U.S. ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, by telling the harrowing story of how, in the South, a new system of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force.
Note
Special features: "The bricks we stand on," Douglas A. Blackmon shares how the project evolved (18 min.); behind the scenes.
