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Widescreen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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burning rdapm |
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color rdacc |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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stereo rdacpc |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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all regions rda |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; all regions; 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0. |
| Cast |
Aurielle Akerele, Chris Jarell, Michael A. Lake, Eric Lockley, Nyabel Lual, Nozipho McLean, Aniya Picou, Julian Rozzell Jr., Timothy Trumpet Jr. |
| Performer |
Special appearances: Debbie Africa, Mike Africa Sr., Mike Africa Jr., Sonia Sanchez, Ursula Rucker. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, editor, Ephraim Asili. |
| Note |
Widescreen. |
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Title from disc surface. |
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Special features: theatrical trailer. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2020. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Part documentary, part narrative, this experimental, quasi-documentary ensemble work is a "speculative re-enactment" based partly on Asili's own experiences in a West Philadelphia Black liberationist group. Infusing this documentary scaffold is a scripted drama centered on a young man who inherits a sprawling, multi-story house in West Philadelphia from his grandmother and decides to refashion the property into a collective of young, Black artists and activists. This movie weaves together a documentary recollection of the Philadelphia liberation group MOVE, the Black Arts Movement, footage of political activists, writers, and poets in Philadelphia, and the filmmaker's own formative experiences in a Black Marxist collective, with a very loose plot about a young man trying to learn more about his grandmother's beliefs. |
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African American youth -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Drama.
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African American political activists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Drama.
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Collective settlements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Drama.
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MOVE (Organization) -- Study and teaching -- Drama.
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Black Arts movement -- Study and teaching -- Drama.
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Asili, Ephraim -- Childhood and youth -- Drama.
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MOVE (Organization) (OCoLC)fst00620694
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African American political activists. (OCoLC)fst00799307
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African American youth. (OCoLC)fst00799541
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Collective settlements. (OCoLC)fst00867585
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Education. (OCoLC)fst00902499
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Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
(OCoLC)fst01204170
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographical films. (OCoLC)fst01710464
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Documentary-style films. (OCoLC)fst01710367
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Independent films. (OCoLC)fst01710572
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Experimental films. (OCoLC)fst01710354
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Autobiographical films.
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Documentary-style films.
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Independent films.
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Experimental films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Asili, Ephraim, film director, screenwriter, film producer.
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Brooks, Victoria (Film producer), film producer.
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Akerele, Aurielle, actor.
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Jarrel, Chris, actor.
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Rucker, Ursula, on-screen participant.
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Sanchez, Sonia, 1934- on-screen participant.
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Africa, Debbie Sims, 1956- on-screen participant.
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Africa, Mike, Jr., 1978- on-screen participant.
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Africa, Mike, Sr, on-screen participant.
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Colorlab (Firm), production company.
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SAG-AFTRA (Organization), production company.
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Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, production company.
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Grasshopper Film (Firm), publisher.
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| Standard No. |
853294007589 |
| Music No. |
50 Grasshopper Film |
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