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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

10,000 black men named George / Showtime and Paramount Pictures present ; executive producer, Abby Mann ; executive producer, André Braugher ; executive producer, Stan Margulies ; producer, Michelle Mundy ; written by Cyrus Nowrasteh ; directed by Robert Townsend.

Edition:

Full screen format.

Publisher, Date:

Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, [2003]

Description:

1 videodisc (89 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

DVD video 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

laser optical NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

The true story of the formation of the first black-controlled union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Asa Philip Randolph, a black journalist establishes a voice for the forgotten workers of the Pullman Rail Company, were all black porters were simply named "George", after George Pullman, the first person to employ emancipated slaves.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; for language and brief nudity.

Series:

Paramount DVD collection

Paramount DVD collection.

Subjects:

Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 -- Drama.

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- Drama.

Pullman Car & Manufacturing Corp. -- Drama.

Pullman porters -- United States -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Historical films.

Other Author:

Townsend, Robert, 1957- film director.

Mann, Abby, film producer.

Braugher, Andre, film producer, actor.

Margulies, Stan, film producer.

Mundy, Michelle, film producer.

Nowrasteh, Cyrus, screenwriter.

Dutton, Charles S., actor.

Van Peebles, Mario, actor.

Peters, Brock, actor.

Brothers, Carla, actor.

McGregor, Kenneth (Actor)

Jackson, Ernestine, actor.

Holly, Ellen, 1931-2023 actor.

Eyo, Karen, actor.

Taylor, Stephen James, composer (expression)

Zinner, Peter, film editor.

Zinner, Katina, film editor.

Mitchell, Gavin (Production designer)

Pei, Edward J., director of photography.

Schure, Joyce, costume designer.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): McKissack, Fredrick. Long hard journey.

Showtime Networks, production company.

Paramount Pictures Corporation, production company.

Paramount Television, broadcaster.

Other Title:

Ten thousand black men named George

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.

Based on the book, "A long hard journey" by Fredrick McKissack.

Music by Stephen James Taylor ; edited by Peter Zinner, Katina Zinner ; production designer, Gavin Mitchell ; director of photography, Edward Pei ; costume designer, Joyce Schure.

André Braugher, Charles S. Dutton, Mario Van Peebles, Brock Peters, Carla Brothers, Kenneth McGregor, Ernestine Jackson, Ellen Holly, Kedar, Joel Gordon, Ardon Bess, Karen Eyo.

DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital stereo.

English; Closed-captioned.

Image Awards, 2003: Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special (Charles Dutton)

ISBN:

0792189108

9780792189107

9786318754378 : DVD

6318754377 : DVD

Publisher Number:

80378

Other Number:

52220370

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

965087

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Ten thou