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Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Many descendants of enslaved people have little record of their family's ancestry. Follow one family's quest to discover their lost history and see how science and genealogy can help rebuild a family tree broken by slavery. Join filmmaker Byron Hurt at his extended family reunion as they celebrate the joy of family in the African diaspora and discover new details of their history that they thought were lost forever.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (15 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (218 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Description
America's Long Struggle against Slavery is a chance to survey the history of the American anti-slavery movement, from the dawn of the transatlantic slave trade during the late 15th century to the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and beyond. Taught by Professor Richard Bell of the University of Maryland, these 30 eye-opening lectures give an up-close view of a venal institution and the people who fought against it, and who often paid for their courage...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 188 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The landmark four-part series documents the history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end in the Southern states, and through the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction. The series examines the integral role slavery played in shaping the new country's development, challenging the long-held notion that it was exclusively a Southern enterprise.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 321 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Alexandria, Virginia, 1862. The lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War--Mary Phinney, a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green, a native Confederate belle--collide at Mansion House, the Green family's luxury hotel that has been transformed into a Union Army hospital. Ruled under martial law, the border town in Alexandria is now the melting pot of the region, filled with soldiers, civilians, female volunteers, doctors,...
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this historical drama, Jeb Stuart, the famed Southern cavalryman arrives at West Point, where he befriends George Armstrong Custer. Both compete for the attention of "Kit Carson" Halliday. As a punishment for fighting with fellow classmates, both men are sent to an outpost in Kansas where they must battle the abolitionist John Brown. This experience causes them to examine their personal feelings about slavery.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (506 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 volume (unpaged : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Description
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...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 134 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true story of Solomon Northup. It is 1841, and Northup, an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of all dignity, Northup is ultimately purchased by ruthless plantation owner Edwin Epps and must find the strength within to survive. Filled with powerful performances by an astonishing cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad...
9) Roots
Pub. Date
[2007], c1977
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (645 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family is depicted up until the Civil War, when Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation.
10) Beloved
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (171 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe & Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen.
11) Roots
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hrs., 29 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the classic book by Mark Twain, comes the story of the renowned young rascal: Huckleberry Finn. When Huck sets out on an adventure down the Mississippi River, he comes across a runaway slave named Jim. Inviting him along on his journey, Huck and his new friend encounter an array of trouble when they are detoured by the King and Duke.
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"...Daniel Anderson...visita un orfanato para dejar un donativo y los niños le piden que les cuente un cuento. Daniel les cuenta la historia de Billy Stone...y Allie..., dos amigos de 13 años que encuentran un medallón que había estado perdido por cientos de años y accidentalmente los transporta al pasado a una isla remota. Para salvar la vida de Allie, Billy le entrega el medallón a Cobra..., un guerrero del mal que gobierna la isla....
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