For us, the living : the Medgar Evers story
(DVD)

Book Cover
Contributors
Schultz, Michael, 1938- film director.
Davis, Ossie, screenwriter.
Rotcop, Ken, screenwriter,
Rollins, Howard E., 1950-1996, actor.
Cara, Irene, 1959-2022 actor.
Published
Chicago, IL : Olive Films, [2015].
Format
DVD
Status
Checked Out
Where is it?

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatusDue Date
Port Angeles - Digital Video DiscDVD FOR_USChecked OutApril 26, 2024

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Subjects

LC Subjects
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Drama.
Biographical films.
Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Biography -- Drama.
DVD-Video discs.
Evers, Medgar Wiley, -- 1925-1963
Evers, Medgar Wiley, -- 1925-1963 -- Drama.
Feature films.
Jackson (Miss.) -- Race relations -- Drama.

More Details

Published
Chicago, IL : Olive Films, [2015].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
887090108904

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1983.
General Note
Widescreen (1.85:1).
General Note
Based on the book by Mrs. Medgar Evers with William Peters.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Alan J. Kozlowski ; editor, Harry Keramidas ; music, Gerald Fried.
Participants/Performers
Howard E. Rollins Jr., Irene Cara, Margaret Avery, Roscoe Lee Browne, Laurence Fishburne, Janet MacLachlan, Paul Winfield.
Description
Medgar Evers was a former insurance salesman turned field secretary for the NAACP, and who was instrumental in organizing boycotts against discriminating southern white merchants and the desegregation of the University of Mississippi.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital.