Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Gospel Hill / Future Films presents in association with Full Glass Films a Premiere Picture, Quiet Hand and Deco Entertainment production ; screenplay by Jeff Stacy & Jeffrey Pratt Gordon ; directed by Giancarlo Esposito.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

In the town of Julia, the residents of the black neighborhood of Gospel Hill, are being forced out of their homes to make way for a multimillion-dollar golf course development. Thirty years ago Peter Malcolm, a black civil rights activist, was assassinated and race relations in the town have been strained ever since. Dr. Ron Palmer is an influential black community leader who is supporting the development. John Malcolm, Peter's brother, withdrew from the community and the fight for civil rights after his brother's assassination. He feels hatred for Jack Herrod who is the towns bigoted, ex-sheriff. Herrod was responsible for letting the investigation of Peter's murder dissipate with no one charged.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Subjects:

African American neighborhoods -- United States -- Drama.

Golf courses -- Design and construction -- Drama.

African American civil rights workers -- United States -- Drama.

Assassination -- United States -- Drama.

Criminal behavior -- United States -- Drama.

United States -- Race relations -- Drama.

Genre:

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Feature films.