Slavery by another name / produced and directed by Sam Pollard ; written by Sheila Curran Bernard ; a production of TPT National Productions in association with Two Dollars & A Dream, Inc

Object Details

director: Pollard, Sam
screenwriter: Bernard, Sheila Curran
narrator: Fishburne, Laurence III 1961-
film editor: Pollard, Jason L. 1978-
cinematographer: Young, Andrew 1960-
composer: Bacon, Michael 1948-
Author: Television adaptation of (work): Blackmon, Douglas A Slavery by another name
production company: TPT National Productions
distributor: Two Dollars and a Dream (Firm); PBS Distribution (Firm)

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas A. Blackmon.; Originally produced for television in 2012.; Special features include: "The bricks we stand on," Douglas A. Blackmon shares how the project evolved (18 minutes); behind the scenes.; Narrator, Laurence Fishburne.; Rating: TV-PG-L, V.; DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen, stereo.; Official Selection, 2012, Sundance Film Festival.; NMAF copy 39088019479542 gift from the collection of Lonnie G. Bunch III.; NMAFREF copy 39088019485432 gift from Dorey Butter.
Contents: Prologue -- Freedom -- Reconstruction ends -- Convict leasing -- Criminalizing African Americans -- Peonage on trial -- The arrest of Green Cottenham -- Slave farm of John S. Williams -- End of slavery
Summary: Challenges one of America's most cherished assumptions, the belief that slavery in the United States 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.

2012

19th century

20th century

Type: Video recordings; Television adaptations; Documentary television programs; History; Nonfiction television programs; Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Physical description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic: African Americans--Civil rights--History; African Americans--Employment--History; African Americans--Crimes against--History; African American prisoners--Social conditions; Forced labor--History; Convict labor--History; Slavery--History; Race relations; History