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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

American experience (Television program). Abolitionists.

Title:

The Abolitionists / American Experience Films presents ; written, produced & directed by Rob Rapley ; an Apograph Productions Inc. film for American Experience ; a production of WGBH.

Publisher, Date:

Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Arlington, Va. : PBS Distribution, [2013]

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file region 1

Summary:

"Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy, these passionate anti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights crusade in American history"--Container.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Series:

American experience.

American experience (Television program)

Subjects:

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 -- Drama.

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Drama.

Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879 -- Drama.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 -- Drama.

Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Drama.

Slavery -- United States -- History.

Abolitionists -- United States.

Antislavery movements -- United States.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Historical television programs.

Television programs for the hearing impaired.

Nonfiction television programs.

Other Author:

Rapley, Rob, screenwriter, film producer, film director.

Grimberg, Sharon, film producer.

Brooks, Richard, 1962- actor.

Huff, Neal, actor.

Serralles, Jeanine, actor.

Sheil, Kate Lyn, actor.

Smith, T. Ryder, actor.

Platt, Oliver, narrator.

Chimples, John, film editor.

Tunsil, Aljernon, film editor.

Cragg, Tim, cinematographer.

Phillips, Tom, 1952- composer.

Mitterlehner, Akeime, artistic director.

Newhall, Deborah, costume designer.

Hughes, R. Mark, artistic director.

Viola, Elise, artistic director.

Williams, Jim, set designer.

American Experience Films, production company.

Apograph Productions, production company.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.

WGBH Educational Foundation, production company.

PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Other Title:

American experience (Television program)

Notes:

Originally broadcast on the television series, "The American experience" in 2013.

Edited by John Chimples, Aljernon Tunsil ; cinematography by Tim Cragg ; original music, Tom Phillips ; production designer, Akeime Mitterlehner ; costume designer, Deborah Newhall ; art directors, R. Mark Hughes, Elise Viola ; set decorator, Jim Williams ; executive producer, Sharon Grimberg.

Featuring: Richard Brooks, Neal Huff, Jeanine Serralles, Kate Lyn Sheil, T. Ryder Smith ; narrated by Oliver Platt.

DVD, NTSC, Region 1, widescreen, 5.1 surround.

For private home use only.

Closed-captioned in English with optional English subtitles.

Contents:

Part 1. (54 min.) Introduction -- Angelina's religious struggle -- Slavery and the American economy -- The Liberator -- The postal campaign -- Garrison faces a mob -- Angelina & Theodore Weld -- Leaving the American anti-slavery society.

Part 2. (54 min.) Introduction -- Douglass escapes slavery -- Douglass flees to Great Britain -- The North Star -- Harriet's loss -- The great compromise -- Uncle Tom's cabin.

Part 3. (54 min.) Introduction -- Battle over Kansas -- Raid on Harpers Ferry -- The Civil War begins -- The Emancipation Proclamation -- Victory.

ISBN:

9781608838332

1608838331

Publisher Number:

ABOL601

Other Number:

822336263

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

348264

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 326.8 American