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Title The book of Negroes / Clement Virgo: director.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2015]
Toronto, ON : Entertainment One

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  DVD BOOK OF NEGROES    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD BOOK OF NEGROES DISC 1-3    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult DVDs  DVD BOO  DISC 1-3    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  DVD SERIES BOOK DISCS 1-3    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD BOOK  DISC 1-3    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Pearl Street Branch Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD BOOK  DISC 1-3/BKLT    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays  DVD BOOK DISC 1-3    DUE 03-16-24 Billed
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  AD DVD BOOK DISC 1-3    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Balcony  AV DVD 818 B724BN DISC 1-3    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - DVDs  DVD B DISC 1-3    Check Shelf
Description 3 videodiscs (506 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrated).
digital optical rda
video file DVD video region 1 rda
System Details DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) format, Dolby digital.
Language English dialogue ; closed-captioned.
Cast Aunjanue Ellis, Louis Gossett Jr., Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ben Chaplin.
Note Based on: The book of Negroes / Lawrence Hill ; book also released under the title: Someone knows my name.
Originally aired as television mini-series on BET network in 2015.
Booklet includes original story: The book of Negroes : a journey from page to screen / by Lawrence Hill.
Audience Rating: TVPG.
Summary A universal story of loss, courage and triumph, this recounts the extraordinary journey of Aminata Diallo, an indomitable African woman who survives in a world in which everything seems to be against her. Kidnapped by slave traders in West Africa then sold into slavery in South Carolina, Aminata navigates her way through the American Revolution in New York, the isolated refuge of Nova Scotia, and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, before finally securing her freedom in England.
Contents Disc 1. (154 min.) Episodes 1-3 -- Disc 2. (165 min.) Episodes 4-6 -- Disc 3. (187 min.) Special features.
Note Special features include: Deleted scenes ; Interviews with cast and author Lawrence Hill ; History of The Black Loyalist Society featurette.
Subject Slave trade -- Drama.
Genre/Form Historical television programs.
Local Subject Trafficking in enslaved persons -- Drama.
Subject Enslaved women -- Drama.
Genre/Form Television mini-series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Subject United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama.
Added Author Based on (work) : Hill, Lawrence, 1957- Book of Negroes.
Hill, Lawrence, 1957- Book of Negroes, a journey from page to screen.
Virgo, Clement, television director.
Ellis, Aunjanue, actor.
Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936- actor.
Gooding, Cuba, Jr., 1968- actor.
Chaplin, Ben, actor.
Entertainment One (Firm : India)
Black Entertainment Television.
Added Title History of The Black Loyalist Society.
Standard No. 741952788393
Music No. EOE-DV-7883 Entertainment One
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