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Summary:

Based on the landmark memoir by John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me stars James Whitmore as Griffin, who medically altered his pigment and, with the help of a sunlamp, reinvented himself as an itinerant black writer navigating his way through Mississippi and Alabama. Along the way he experienced firsthand both crushing racism and the incredible life force of the Afro-American communities.

Table of Contents:

• disc 1. Black like me (105 min. ; 1964)
• disc 2. Uncommon vision (60 min. ; 2010)

Contributors:

Lerner, Carl , screenwriter, director

Lerner, Gerda, 1920-2013 , screenwriter

Weingarten, Victor , producer

Tannenbaum, Julius , producer

Whitmore, James, 1921-2009 , actor

Browne, Roscoe Lee , actor

James, Clifton, 1920-2017 , actor

Geer, Will , actor

Booke, Sorrell, 1930-1994 , actor

Freeman, Al, Jr., 1934-2012 , actor

Gerringer, Robert, 1926-1989 , actor

Marriott, John, 1893-1977 , actor

Oliver, Thelma , actor

Sidney, P. Jay, 1915-1997 , actor

Peterson, Lenka , actor

Kupferman, Meyer, 1926-2003 , composer

Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980

Atkinson, Morgan C.

Video Service Corp.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Closed-captioned in English.

Main Work:

Black like me (Motion picture)

Included Works:

Uncommon vision

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Black like me [by Griffin, J.H.]

Subjects:

Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980 — Drama

Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980 — Film adaptations

Impersonation — Drama

African Americans — Southern States — Drama

Southern States — Race relations — Drama

Authors, American — 20th century — Biography

Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980

1900-1999

African Americans

Race relations

Authors, American

Impersonation

Southern States

Genres:

Motion pictures

Feature films

Feature films — United States

Fiction films

Film adaptations

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Documentary films

Biographical films

Nonfiction films

Drama

Biographies

System Details:

DVD, all regions; widescreen and full screen; 5.1 and 2.0 soundtracks.

Performers:

Cast: James Whitmore, Roscoe Lee Browne, Clifton James, Will Geer, Sorrell Booke, Al Freeman, Jr., Robert Gerringer, John Marriott, Thelma Oliver, Lenka Petersen, P.J. Sidney.

Production Credits:

Photography, Victor Lukens, Henry Mueller II ; editor, Lora Hays ; music, Meyer Kupferman.

General Notes:

Based on the memoir by John Howard Griffin.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
Special features: original trailers; lobby cards. Bonus disc: Uncommon vision: the life and times of John Howard Griffin / produced and written by Morgan C. Atkinson (2010 ; 60 min.); booklet with an excerpt from "Reluctant activists"--the authorized biography of John Howard Griffin / by Robert Bonazzi.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

PN1997 BLA 1964 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 778854191891
Publisher Number, Video Service Corp.: BLA1918

OCLC Numbers:

820036700