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Title
Family name / [directed by] Macky Alston.
Publication
[New York, NY] : First Run/Icarus Films [distributor], ©1997.

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Moving imageUse in library Sc Visual VRA-518Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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Additional Authors
  • Alston, Macky.
  • Gayner, Kay.
  • Opelika Pictures.
  • First Run/Icarus Films.
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
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