| Description |
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen presentation, Dolby digital, region 1. |
| Performer |
Interviews with: Andrew Young, Walter Fauntroy, Roger Wilkins, Harris Wofford. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Michael Chin ; editors, Ed Barteski, Jean-Phillippe Boucicaut ; series editor, Sharon Grimberg ; original music, Camara Kambon. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on television Jan 19, 2001. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
This story begins on the steps on the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963 when a 34-year-old preacher galvanized millions with his dream for an America free of racism. It comes to a bloody end almost five years later on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. In the years since those events unfolded, the man at the center, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has become a mythic figure, a minister whose oratory is etched into the minds of millions of Americans, a civil rights activist whose words and image are more hotly contested, negotiated and sold than almost anyone else's in American history. |
| Note |
Special feature: Interview with filmmaker Orlando Bagwell. |
| Language |
English dialogue ; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Political and social views.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
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African American political activists -- Biography.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Biographical television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Bagwell, Orlando.
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Walker, W. Noland.
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Young, Andrew, 1932-
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Fauntroy, Walter E.
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Wilkins, Roger.
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Wofford, Harris.
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Kambon, Camara.
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PBS Home Video.
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Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
American experience (Television program)
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| ISBN |
1415707529 |
| Standard No. |
841887050012 |
| Music No. |
705001 PBS Home Video |
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