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Title:

Race to freedom [videorecording] : the Underground Railroad / Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Edition:

[DVD].

Publisher, Date:

[La Crosse, Wisconsin] : Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, [2016]

Copyright:

Description:

1 videodisc (410 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital optical

Summary:

Chronicles the dangerous journey of four determined slaves from a cotton plantation in America to the "Promised Land" in Canada. HONEYDRIPPER: Tyrone Purvis (Danny Glover) will try anything to keep his blues lounge, The Honeydripper, alive. So when a popular guitar player fails to show up for a packed Saturday night, Purvis turns to a young wanderer for help. STIGMA: Dr. Calvin Crosse (Philip Michael Thomas) is invited to an island off the coast of Maine to visit one of his medical school professors and assist him with a secret project. When Crosse finds his mentor dead, he seeks answers to the mysterious death and the serious epidemic his teacher was investigating. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN: John has a talent for writing, but his father has pushed him towards a life of faith. As the two battle each other, they must also overcome their own personal struggles in this adaptation of James Baldwin's beloved novel. Starring Ving Rhames, Alfre Woodard and CCH Pounder.

System details:

DVD.

Credits:

Race to feedom: Inspired by the novel Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker. Written by Diana Braithwaite, Nancy Trites Botkin and Peter Mohan ; produced Seaton McLean, Tim Reid, Peter Sussman, Anne Marie LaTraverse, Daphne Ballon and Brian Parker ; directed by Don McBrearty.

Honeydippers: Produced by Maggie Renzi ; written, directed and edited by John Sayles.

Stigma: Produced by Charles B. Moss, Jr. ; written and directed by David E. Durston.

Go tell it on the mountain: Produced by Robert Geller and Calvin Skaggs ; director Stan Lathan.

Subjects:

Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Drama.

Underground Railroad -- Drama.

Nightclubs -- Alabama -- Drama.

Debt -- Alabama -- Drama.

Genre:

Historical films.

Feature films.

Musical films.