| Description |
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Cast |
Avery Brooks, Mason Adams, Kent Broadhurst, Lee Bryant, Rhetta Greene, Janet League, Petronia Paley. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Hiro Narita ; music composer, Gordon Parks. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast as part of the PBS television program American Playhouse in 1984. |
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VHS release titled: Half slave, half free. |
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From the autobiography My twelve years as a slave by Solomon Northup. |
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DVD features: actor profiles, Gordon Parks' bio, story background, original press, discussion topics. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Based on the true story of Solomon Northrup, a free black man from New York who was kidnapped in 1841 and forced into slavery in Louisiana. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Subject |
Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863? -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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| Subject |
Slavery -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical -- Feature.
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Biographical films.
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Biographical films.
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| Subject |
Enslaved persons -- Louisiana -- Biography -- Drama.
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Feature films.
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African Americans -- Biography -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Brandt, Yanna.
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Williams, Samm-Art.
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Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006.
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Brooks, Avery.
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Adams, Mason.
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Broadhurst, Kent.
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Bryant, Lee.
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Greene, Rhetta.
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League, Janet.
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Paley, Petronia.
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Narita, Hiro, 1941-
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Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
Twelve years a slave.
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Past America Inc.
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Monterey Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Twelve years a slave |
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12 years a slave [1984] |
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American playhouse (Television program)
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Half slave, half free.
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| ISBN |
1569942668 |
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9781569942666 |
| Standard No. |
012233397628 |
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01223397628 |
| Music No. |
339762 Monterey Video |
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