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Summary:

Explore with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed-forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds.

Table of Contents:

• Disc 1. The Black Atlantic (1500-1800) / director/producer, Sabin Streeter
• The age of slavery (1800-1860) / director/producer, Sabin Streeter
• Into the fire (1861-1896) / director/producer, Jamila Wignot
• Disc 2. Making a way out of no way (1897-1940) / director/producer, Phil Bertelsen
• Rise! (1940-1968) / director/producer, Phil Bertelsen
• A more perfect union (1968-2013) / directors/producers, Leslie Asako Gladsjo, Jamila Wignot.

Contributors:

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. , television producer, screenwriter, host

Goodman, Rachel Dretzin , television producer

Kunhardt, Peter W. , television producer

McGee, Dyllan , television producer

Streeter, Sabin , television director

Wignot, Jamila , television director

Bertelsen, Phil , television director

Gladsjo, Leslie Asako , television director

Novack, Nancy , television editor

Miille, K. A. (Kimberly A.) , television editor

Heredia, Paula , television editor

Shaw, Bruce , television editor

Sharp, Howard , television editor

Brill, Paul, 1968- , television composer

Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- , television composer

Smith, Graham (Cinematographer) , director of photography

McCarthy, Stephen (Cinematographer) , director of photography

Kunhardt McGee Productions , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Inkwell Films (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Ark Media (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Thirteen Productions , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) , broadcaster, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/brd

PBS Distribution (Firm) , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Closed-captioned; English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing [SDH] and optional English video description.

Main Work:

African Americans (Television program)

Subjects:

African Americans — History

African Americans — Social conditions

African Americans — Social life and customs

United States — Civilization — African American influences

African Americans

Civilization — African American influences

DVD-Video discs

United States

Genres:

Television programs

DVD-Video discs

Historical television programs

Nonfiction television programs

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities

History

System Details:

DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.66:1); stereo.

Performers:

Host: Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Production Credits:

Editors, Nancy Novack, Kim Miille, Paula Heredia, Bruce Shaw, Howard Sharp ; original score by Paul Brill ; closing theme by Wynton Marsalis ; directors of photography, Graham Smith, Stephen McCarthy.

General Notes:

Originally broadcast on PBS Television in 2013.
DVD release date January 28, 2014, from Amazon.com.
"Purchaser shall not publicly perform (except pursuant to the terms of any separately purchased public performance license) and shall not copy, alter, digitize or stream this DVD."--Back cover of container.

Audience:

Not rated.
Grade level: College, Adult.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo; Dolby Digital 2.0

Video Characteristics:

laser optical; NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

AFR 2013 DVD

ISBNs:

9781608839971
1608839974
6315275184
9786315275180
9781627892094
1627892095

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 841887020008
Global Trade Identification Number 14: 00841887020008
Universal Product Code: 841887023382
Publisher Number, PBS Distribution: AARC600
Publisher Number, PBS Distribution: AARC600.1 (disc 1)
Publisher Number, PBS Distribution: AARC600.2 (disc 2)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2018601275

OCLC Numbers:

864447394