Black like me [videorecording] / a Walter Reade/Sterling presentation ; presented by Victor Weingarten ; screenplay by Gerda Lerner, Carl Lerner ; produced by Julius Tannenbaum ; directed by Carl Lerner.
Lerner, Carl, screenwriter, director.; Lerner, Gerda, 1920-2013, screenwriter.; Weingarten, Victor, producer.; Tannenbaum, Julius, producer.; Whitmore, James, 1921-2009, actor.; Browne, Roscoe Lee, actor.; James, Clifton, 1920-2017 actor.; Geer, Will, actor.; Booke, Sorrell, 1930-1994, actor.; Freeman, Al, Jr., 1934-2012 actor.; Gerringer, Robert, 1926-1989, actor.; Marriott, John, 1893-1977, actor.; Oliver, Thelma, actor.; Sidney, P. Jay, 1915-1997, actor.; Peterson, Lenka, actor.; Kupferman, Meyer, 1926-2003., composer (expression); Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980. Black like me.; Atkinson, Morgan C.; Video Service Corp.
2012
PN1997 .B533552 2012
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Title Black like me [videorecording] / a Walter Reade/Sterling presentation ; presented by Victor Weingarten ; screenplay by Gerda Lerner, Carl Lerner ; produced by Julius Tannenbaum ; directed by Carl Lerner.
Uniform Title Black like me (Motion picture)
Imprint Toronto, Ont. : Video Service Corp., [2012]
Language English
Language Note Closed-captioned in English.
Description 2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Other Standard Identifiers 778854191891
Call Number PN1997 .B533552 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.43/72
Distributor No. BLA1918 Video Service Corp.
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 Based on the memoir by John Howard Griffin.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
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.
Credits Photography, Victor Lukens, Henry Mueller II ; editor, Lora Hays ; music, Meyer Kupferman.
Performer 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.
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.
System Details Note DVD, all regions; widescreen and full screen; 5.1 and 2.0 soundtracks.
Added Author Lerner, Carl, screenwriter, director.
Lerner, Gerda, 1920-2013, screenwriter.
Weingarten, Victor, producer.
Tannenbaum, Julius, producer.
Whitmore, James, 1921-2009, actor.
Browne, Roscoe Lee, actor.
James, Clifton, 1920-2017 actor.
Geer, Will, actor.
Booke, Sorrell, 1930-1994, actor.
Freeman, Al, Jr., 1934-2012 actor.
Gerringer, Robert, 1926-1989, actor.
Marriott, John, 1893-1977, actor.
Oliver, Thelma, actor.
Sidney, P. Jay, 1915-1997, actor.
Peterson, Lenka, actor.
Kupferman, Meyer, 1926-2003., composer (expression)
Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980. Black like me.
Atkinson, Morgan C.
Added Corporate Author Video Service Corp.
Includes Uncommon vision.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > DVDs
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disc 1. Black like me (105 min. ; 1964)
disc 2. Uncommon vision (60 min. ; 2010)

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