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Freedom summer  Cover Image DVD DVD

Freedom summer / American Experience Films ; Firelight Films ; written, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; produced by Cyndee Readdean ; a Firelight Films production for American Experience.

Nelson, Stanley, 1955- (screenwriter,, producer,, director.). Readdean, Cyndee, (film producer.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (film distributor.). American Experience Films. (Added Author). Firelight Films (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary:

"In the hot and deadly summer of 1964, the nation could not turn away from Mississippi. Over 10 memorable weeks known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers joined with organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in one of the nation's most segregated states ... even in the face of intimidation, physical violence, and death"--Container.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781627890229
  • ISBN: 162789022X
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Arlington, VA]: PBS, [2014]
  • Distributor: [Arlington, VA] : Distributed by PBS Distribution.

Content descriptions

Creation/Production Credits Note:
Editor, Aljernon Tunsil ; music, Tom Phillips ; director of photography, Antonio Rossi.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Originally broadcast by PBS June 24, 2014.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: TV-PG.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen, 5.1 surround.
Language Note:
English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Subject: African Americans > Suffrage > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Ethnicity > Mississippi > 20th century.
Political activists > Mississippi > 20th century.
Racism > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Civil rights workers > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Genre: Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Historical television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
History.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Marshall. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Marshall Public Library. (Show)

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Marshall Public Library DVD DOC 323.11 FRE (Text) 33391000171040 DVD Available -
Lebanon-Laclede County Library DVD 323.1196 Freedom (Text) 3803377862 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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