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Family name
- Title
- Family name / [directed by] Macky Alston.
- Publication
- [New York, NY] : First Run/Icarus Films [distributor], ©1997.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | Sc Visual VRA-518 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (89 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- As a child growing up in Durham, North Carolina, Macky Alston never questioned why all the other Alstons in his school were black. Now, after twenty-five years, he has gone back to unravel the mystery. In this documentary of race relations, Alston travels to family reunions, picnics, housing projects, churches, graveyards & the original Alston plantations to find people who share his family name.
- Alternative Title
- Is something a secret if everybody knows it, but nobody talks about it?
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Documentary films.
- Biographical films.
- Credits (note)
- Screenwriter, Macky Alston, Kay Gayner ; cinematographer, Eliot Rockett ; editors, Sandra Marie Shristie, Christopher White ; composer, Camara Kambon ; Opelika Pictures, Inc. ; a film by Macky Alston.
- System Details (note)
- VHS.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual VRA-518
- OCLC
- 39927524
- Title
- Family name / [directed by] Macky Alston.
- Imprint
- [New York, NY] : First Run/Icarus Films [distributor], ©1997.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videocassette
- Credits
- Screenwriter, Macky Alston, Kay Gayner ; cinematographer, Eliot Rockett ; editors, Sandra Marie Shristie, Christopher White ; composer, Camara Kambon ; Opelika Pictures, Inc. ; a film by Macky Alston.
- System Details
- VHS.
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- Added Author
- Alston, Macky.Gayner, Kay.Opelika Pictures.First Run/Icarus Films.
- Note
- Subtitle on container: Is something a secret if everybody knows it, but nobody talks about it?
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual VRA-518