Film producer:

Parks, Gordon 1912-2006  Search this

Actor:

Johnson, Kyle 1951-  Search this

Clarke, Alex 1949-2010  Search this

Evans, Estelle 1906-1985  Search this

Elcar, Dana  Search this

Fluellen, Joel 1907-1990  Search this

Atterbury, Malcolm 1907-1992  Search this

Ward, Richard 1915-1979  Search this

Thorson, Russell 1906-1982  Search this

Rea, Peggy 1921-2011  Search this

Cinematographer:

Guffey, Burnett  Search this

Film editor:

Rohrs, George R.  Search this

Author:

Parks, Gordon 1912-2006 Learning tree  Search this

Presenter:

Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )  Search this

Distributor:

Warner Home Video (Firm)  Search this

Publisher:

Warner Bros. Entertainment  Search this

Subject:

Parks, Gordon 1912-2006  Search this

Physical description:

1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

Type:

Drama

Film adaptations

Coming-of-age films

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Feature films

Fiction films

Place:

Kansas

Date:

2011

1969

Notes:

This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container.

Based on the novel by Gordon Parks.

Originally produced as motion picture in 1969.

Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, Dana Elcar, Mira Waters, Joel Fluellen, Malcolm Atterbury, Richard Ward, Russell Thorson, Peggy Rea.

MPAA rating: PG.

DVD; NTSC; all region (region 0); widescreen 16x9, 2.4:1; Dolby Digital mono.

Named to the National Film Registry in 1989 by the Library of Congress.

Summary:

Set in 1920s Kansas, the film traces one year in the life of young Newt, in which he learns about love, fear, racial injustice, and his own capacity for honor.

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

Call number:

video 001655

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1101628