Research Catalog

Title

Bill T. Jones A good man / directed by Bob Hercules and Gordon Quinn.

Publication

[Chicago] : Kartemquin Educational Films, c2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company.
• Hercules, Bob,
• Independent Television Service, production company.
• Jones, Bill T.,
• Kartemquin Films, production company.
• Media Process Group, Inc., production company.
• Quinn, Gordon,
• Ravinia Festival.
• Rudnick, Joanna,
• Simpson, David E.,
• Walker, Keith (Cinematographer),

Description

1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

American masters (Television program)

Alternative Title

Good man

Subjects

• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Drama
• Dance films
• Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company
• Documentary films
• Modern dance
• Jones, Bill T

Genre/Form

• Dance films.
• Documentary films.

Note

• Special features: additional scenes, Bill T. Jones on historical text in Fondly, Filmmakers interview.
• Summary from videodisc container.
• Source used: videodisc container.

Credits (note)

• Producer, Joanna Rudnick ; cinematographer, Keith Walker ; editor, David E. Simpson ; Kartemquin Films, American Masters, The Independent Television Series (ITVS), Media Process Group in association with Ravinia Festival present.

Performer (note)

• Bill T. Jones, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.

System Details (note)

• DVD ; NTSC; all regions; 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.

Language (note)

• Closed captioned.

Awards (note)

• Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection ; Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection ; DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection ; Southern Circuit 2011-2012 Tour, Official Selection ; Minneapolis-St.Paul International Film Festival, Official Selection ; New Orleans Film Festival, Official Selection.

Contents

Intro/big enough to deal with Lincoln? -- Postmodernism to a world of ideas -- Finding Lincoln -- Janet/Asli -- Duets -- Working with Bill -- Reaching the audience -- Testing the elements -- My job is to see them -- All choppy seas -- Belief in great men -- The ghost train -- Opening night.

Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-377

LCCN

707541383899

Title

Bill T. Jones A good man / directed by Bob Hercules and Gordon Quinn.

Imprint

[Chicago] : Kartemquin Educational Films, c2011.

Cast

Bill T. Jones, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.

Credits

Producer, Joanna Rudnick ; cinematographer, Keith Walker ; editor, David E. Simpson ; Kartemquin Films, American Masters, The Independent Television Series (ITVS), Media Process Group in association with Ravinia Festival present.

Summary

Follows Bill T. Jones as he and his company create an original dance-theater piece in honor of Abraham Lincoln's Bicentennial. Jones and his company come face to face with America's unresolved contradictions about race, equality and the legacy of Abraham Lincoln.

System Details

DVD ; NTSC; all regions; 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.

Language

Closed captioned.

Awards

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection ; Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection ; DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection ; Southern Circuit 2011-2012 Tour, Official Selection ; Minneapolis-St.Paul International Film Festival, Official Selection ; New Orleans Film Festival, Official Selection.

Added Author

Hercules, Bob, film director.

Quinn, Gordon, film director.

Rudnick, Joanna, film producer.

Jones, Bill T., performer.

Walker, Keith (Cinematographer), cinematographer.

Simpson, David E., film editor.

Kartemquin Films, production company.

Independent Television Service, production company.

Media Process Group, Inc., production company.

Ravinia Festival.

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company.

Added Title

Good man

American masters (Television program)

Other Standard Identifier

707541383899

Publisher No.

K1102 Kartemquin Educational Films

Research Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-377