Freedom Summer
by
Nelson, Stanley, 1955- screenwriter, producer, director.
Title
:
Freedom Summer
Author
:
Nelson, Stanley, 1955- screenwriter, producer, director.
PBS Distribution (Firm) film distributor.
Firelight Films (Firm)
Series
:
American experience.
Summary
:
In the hot and deadly summer of 1964, the nation could not turn away from Mississippi. Over ten memorable weeks known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers joined with organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in one of the nation's most segregated states, even in the face of intimidation, physical violence, and death.
Audience
:
Rating: TVPG.
Physical Description
:
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Genre
:
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Historical television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction films.
Subject Term
:
African Americans -- Suffrage -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Ethnicity -- Mississippi -- 20th century.
Political activists -- Mississippi -- 20th century.
Racism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Geographic Term
:
Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Author(s)
:
Nelson, Stanley, 1955-
Added Corporate Author
:
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Firelight Films (Firm)
Publisher
:
distributed by PBS Distribution
Publication Date
:
2014
ISBN
:
9781627890229
Publication Information
:
Arlington, VA : distributed by PBS Distribution
©2014
Call Number
:
DVD 323.11 FREEDOM
| Item Barcode | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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