DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

August Wilson : the ground on which I stand / director, producer, Sam Pollard ; writer, Stephen Stept ; a production of WQED Multimedia and Thirteen Productions LLC's American Masters for WNET.

Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2015]

©2014

1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Explore the life and legacy of August Wilson, the playwright some call America's Shakespeare, who chronicled the twentieth-century black experience. Features James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Laurence Fishburne, Viola Davis, new dramatic readings, and rare footage.

Wilson, August.

African American dramatists -- Biography.

American drama -- African American authors -- History and criticism.

African Americans -- Social life and customs.

Feature films.

Biographical television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Educational television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Pollard, Sam, film director, film producer.

Stept, Stephen, screenwriter.

Caloiero, Frank, director of photography.

Bostic, Kathryn, composer (expression)

Wechsler, Steven, editor of moving image work.

David, Keith, narrator.

Wilson, August, on-screen participant.

Glasco, Laurence Admiral, on-screen participant.

Rawson, Christopher, PhD, on-screen participant.

Shannon, Sandra Garrett, 1952- on-screen participant.

Andrews, Dwight, on-screen participant.

WQED Multimedia, production company.

Thirteen Productions, production company.

PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Contained in (work): American masters (Television program)

Originally broadcast on the television program, American Masters, in 2014.

Special feature: Interview with the filmmaker Sam Pollard.

Director of photography, Frank Caloiero ; composer, Kathryn Bostic ; editor, Steve Wechsler.

With: August Wilson, Laurence Glasco, Ph.D., Christopher Rawson, Ph.D., Ruben Santiago Hudson, Viola Davis, Suzan-Lori Parks, Bill Partlan, Freda Ellis, Kimberly Ellis, Linda Jean Kittel, Sala Udin, Lou Bellamy, Jacqui Shoholm Purdy, Amy Saltz, Lloyd Richards, Charles Dutton, Harry J. Elam, Ph.D., Frank Rich, Samuel Freedman, Paul Carter Harrison, Marion McClinton, James Earl Jones, Laurence Fishburne, Rev. Dwight Andrews, Ph.D., Constanza Romero, Ella Joyce, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Rocky Carroll, Robert Brustein, Sandra Shannon, Ph.D., Paul Ellis. Lou Bellamy.

Narrator, Keith David.

DVD, region 1, NTSC; 16:9 widescreen; Dolby digital stereo.

In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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