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Black like me

DVD

2012

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	Black like me [videorecording].
Publisher, Date:	Toronto, Ont. : Video Service Corp., [2012]
Description:	2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Subjects:	African Americans -- Southern States -- Drama. Feature films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Southern States -- Race relations -- Drama.
Other Author:	Whitmore, James, 1921-2009. Browne, Roscoe Lee. James, Clifton, 1920-2017 Geer, Will. Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980. Black like me. Video Service Corp.
Notes:	Title from container. Based on the landmark memoir by John Howard Griffin. Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. Special features: Bonus disc: Uncommon vision: the life and times of John Howard Griffin (60 min.); an excerpt from "Reluctant activists"--the authorized biography of John Howard Griffin, by Robert Bonazzi; original trailers. James Whitmore, Roscoe Lee Browne, Clifton James, Will Geer. DVD, all regions, widescreen and full screen; 5.1 sound. Closed-captioned.
Publisher Number:	BLA1918
Other Number:	820036700
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	345440
# Local items in:	1
# System items in:	1
Call Number:	DVD MOVIE Black li
Medium:	[videorecording].

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