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The Promised land

Title: The Promised land / a co-production of Discovery Productions and BBC TV.
Publication: Bethesda, Md. : Discovery Channel, 1994.

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	v. 5	Moving image	Use in library	Sc Visual VRA-1200 v. 5	Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	v. 4	Moving image	Use in library	Sc Visual VRA-1200 v. 4	Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	v. 3	Moving image	Use in library	Sc Visual VRA-1200 v. 3	Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	v. 2	Moving image	Use in library	Sc Visual VRA-1200 v. 2	Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	v. 1	Moving image	Use in library	Sc Visual VRA-1200 v. 1	Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Promo	Moving image	Use in library	Sc Visual VRA-1200 Promo	Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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Description

5 videocassettes (198 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

Documents the migration of African Americans from the rural, segregated, South to Chicago. Uses archival footage, still-photographs, and interviews with Chicago residents, to discuss the social and economic conditions of blacks in Chicago, from the beginning of the pre-World War II migration through 1970. Episode 4, "More angry than afraid," chronicles Martin Luther King's campaign to encourage racial integration in Chicago and features archival footage of King and Mayor Richard J. Daley.

Uniform Title

Promised land (Television program)

Alternative Title

Any place but here
Sweet home Chicago
Standing at the crossroads
More angry than afraid
Walls of Jericho

Subjects

Genre/Form

Television mini-series.
Television adaptations.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.

Note

Based on the book, The Promised Land, by Nicholas Lemann.
Incluces Promised Land promotional video.

Contents

Episode 1. Any place but here (48:52) -- Episode 2. Sweet home Chicago (48:50) -- Episode 3. Standing at the crossroads (48:44) -- Episode 4. More angry than afraid (49:04) -- Episode 5. The walls of Jericho (51:00)

Call Number

Sc Visual VRA-1200

OCLC

877109010

Title

The Promised land / a co-production of Discovery Productions and BBC TV.

Production

Bethesda, Md. : Discovery Channel, 1994.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videocassette

Performer

Narrator: Morgan Freeman.

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Added Author

Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.

Coulthard, Edmund, director.

Godwin, Nick, director.

Freeman, Morgan, narrator.

Blanchard, Terence, composer.

Lemann, Nicholas. Promised land.

Discovery Productions, Inc.

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.

Discovery Channel (Firm)

Added Title

Promised land (Television program)

Any place but here

Sweet home Chicago

Standing at the crossroads

More angry than afraid

Walls of Jericho

Research Call Number

Sc Visual VRA-1200

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