| Description |
2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) |
| System Details |
DVD, all regions; widescreen and full screen; 5.1 and 2.0 soundtracks. |
| Note |
Closed-captioned in English. |
| Cast |
James Whitmore, Roscoe Lee Browne, Clifton James, Will Geer, Sorrell Booke, Al Freeman, Jr., Robert Gerringer, John Marriott, Thelma Oliver, Lenka Petersen, P.J. Sidney. |
| Credits |
Photography, Victor Lukens, Henry Mueller II ; editor, Lora Hays ; music, Meyer Kupferman. |
| Note |
Based on the memoir by John Howard Griffin. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. |
| Summary |
Based on the landmark memoir by John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me stars James Whitmore as Griffin, who medically altered his pigment and, with the help of a sunlamp, reinvented himself as an itinerant black writer navigating his way through Mississippi and Alabama. Along the way he experienced firsthand both crushing racism and the incredible life force of the Afro-American communities. |
| Note |
Special features: original trailers; lobby cards. Bonus disc: Uncommon vision: the life and times of John Howard Griffin / produced and written by Morgan C. Atkinson (2010 ; 60 min.); booklet with an excerpt from "Reluctant activists"--the authorized biography of John Howard Griffin / by Robert Bonazzi. |
| Contents |
disc 1. Black like me (105 min. ; 1964) -- disc 2. Uncommon vision (60 min. ; 2010) |
| Subject |
Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980 -- Drama.
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Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980 -- Film adaptations.
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Impersonation -- Drama.
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African Americans -- Southern States -- Drama.
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Southern States -- Race relations -- Drama.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary films.
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Biographical films.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Lerner, Carl screenwriter director
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Lerner, Gerda, 1920-2013, screenwriter.
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Weingarten, Victor producer
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Tannenbaum, Julius producer
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Whitmore, James, 1921-2009, actor.
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Browne, Roscoe Lee, actor.
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James, Clifton, 1921- actor.
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Geer, Will, actor.
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Booke, Sorrell, 1930-1994, actor.
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Freeman, Al, actor.
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Gerringer, Robert, 1926-1989, actor.
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Marriott, John, 1893-1977, actor.
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Oliver, Thelma, actor.
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Sidney, P. Jay, 1915-1997, actor.
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Peterson, Lenka, actor.
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Kupferman, Meyer composer (expression)
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Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980.
Black like me.
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Atkinson, Morgan C.
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Video Service Corp.
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| Added Title |
Uncommon vision.
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| ISBN |
778854191891 |
| Standard No. |
778854191891 : $24.99 |
| Music # |
BLA1918 Video Service Corp. |
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