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Title Adam Clayton Powell / R.K.B. Productions presents ; directed by Richard Kilberg ; produced by Richard Kilberg, Yvonne Smith ; written by Richard Kilberg, Phyllis Garland ; produced in association with Channel Four Television, Cine Information.

Publication Info. [New York, NY] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video Group, [2009]

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  DVD B POWELL    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 54 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, NTSC.
Credits Narrator, Julian Bond ; editor, Rob Kuhns ; music, Michael Sahl ; cinematography, John Hazard ... [et al.]
Note Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989.
Summary A look at the most influential and flamboyant civil rights leader in America from the 1930s through the 1950s. From his emergence as a pastor of Harlem's Albyssinian Baptist Church, to his riotous political climb and eventual ruin. He had an illustrious but controversial career. He had multiple marriages, taunted the white establishment, his desegregation of Congress, and his shameful smearing of Martin Luther King Jr.
Note Special features includeFilmmaker interview, filmmaker bio.
GMD: videorecording.
Subject Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
Politicians -- United States -- Biography.
Clergy -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Added Author Kilberg, Richard. Screenwriter. Producer. Director.
Garland, Phyllis. Screenwriter.
Smith, Yvonne. Producer.
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015. Narrator.
Channel Four Films (Firm)
Cine Information, Inc.
RKB Productions.
Docurama (Firm)
New Video Group.
ISBN 1422929450
9781422929452
Standard No. 767685146507
Music No. NNVG146501 Docurama
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