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Additional authors

1. O'Porter, Dawn
2. Bowers, Rick, 1952-
3. Morimoto, Risa
4. Moses, Robert Parris
5. Winter, William F.
6. Guyot, Lawrence, 1939-2012
7. Mitchell, Jerry
8. Eubanks, W. Ralph, 1957-
9. Trilogy Films (Firm), production company
10. LOOKS Filmproduktionen GmbH, production company
11. Norddeutscher Rundfunk, production company
12. ARTE France, production company
13. Mississippi Public Broadcasting, production company
14. KCTS (Television station : Seattle, Wash.), production company
15. Independent Television Service, production company
16. PBS Distribution (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. "In the spring of 1964, the civil rights community is gearing up for "Mississippi Freedom Summer," during which hundreds, if not thousands, of mostly white student activists from the North will link up with mostly black freedom workers to accomplish what the Mississippi power structure fears the most: registering black people to vote. For the segregationists, Freedom Summer is nothing less than a declaration of war. The state responds by swearing in hundreds of new deputies, stockpiling tear gas and riot gear, and preparing the jails for an influx of summer "guests." But the most powerful men in the state have another weapon to fight integration. They have quietly created a secret, state-funded spy agency, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, answering directly to the Governor. During the height of the civil rights movement, sovereignty commission operatives employed a cadre of black operatives who infiltrated the movement, rooting out its future plans, identifying its leaders, and tripping up its foot soldiers. By gaining the trust of civil rights crusaders, they gathered crucial intelligence on behalf of the segregationist state."--Container.

Uniform title

1. Independent lens (Television program)

Subject

1. Documentary television programs
2. Nonfiction television programs
3. Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
4. Espionage > United States > History > 20th century
5. Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

1. Nonfiction television programs.
2. Documentary television programs.

Call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1538

Note

1. "The campaign to stop Freedom Summer's civil rights movement of 1964"--Container.
2. Originally produced in 2013, and broadcast as an episode of Independent Lens in 2014.

Credits (note)

1. Screenwriter, Rick Bowers ; producers, Dawn Porter, Risa Morimoto ; editor, Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez ; cinematographers, Chris Hilleke, Jesse Beecher, Francisco Aliwalas, Hannah Gregg ; a co-production of Trilogy Films, LOOKS Filmproduktionen GmbH, NDR in collaboration with Arte, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KCTS 9, and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; produced by Trilogy Films.

Performer (note)

1. Margaret Block, Rick Bowers, Kenneth Dean, Ralph Eubanks, Lawrence Guyot, Edwin King, Robert Luckett, Neil McMillen, Jerry Mitchell, Bob Moses, Janet Moses, Congressman Bennie Thompson, Hollis Watkins, Governor William Winter.

Audience (note)

1. In English; optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

System details (note)

1. DVD, widescreen presentation; stereo; region 1.

Title

1. Spies of Mississippi / directed by Dawn Porter.

Publisher

1. [Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2014]

Country of producing entity

1. United States Germany France

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Digital file characteristics

1. video file DVD video

System details

1. DVD, widescreen presentation; stereo; region 1.

Audience

1. In English; optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Cast

1. Margaret Block, Rick Bowers, Kenneth Dean, Ralph Eubanks, Lawrence Guyot, Edwin King, Robert Luckett, Neil McMillen, Jerry Mitchell, Bob Moses, Janet Moses, Congressman Bennie Thompson, Hollis Watkins, Governor William Winter.

Credits

1. Screenwriter, Rick Bowers ; producers, Dawn Porter, Risa Morimoto ; editor, Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez ; cinematographers, Chris Hilleke, Jesse Beecher, Francisco Aliwalas, Hannah Gregg ; a co-production of Trilogy Films, LOOKS Filmproduktionen GmbH, NDR in collaboration with Arte, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KCTS 9, and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; produced by Trilogy Films.

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Added author

1. O'Porter, Dawn, television director, television producer.
2. Bowers, Rick, 1952- screenwriter.
3. Morimoto, Risa, television producer.
4. Moses, Robert Parris, interviewee (expression)
5. Winter, William F., interviewee (expression)
6. Guyot, Lawrence, 1939-2012, interviewee (expression)
7. Mitchell, Jerry, interviewee (expression)
8. Eubanks, W. Ralph, 1957- interviewee (expression)
9. Trilogy Films (Firm), production company.
10. LOOKS Filmproduktionen GmbH, production company.
11. Norddeutscher Rundfunk, production company.
12. ARTE France, production company.
13. Mississippi Public Broadcasting, production company.
14. KCTS (Television station : Seattle, Wash.), production company.
15. Independent Television Service, production company.
16. PBS Distribution (Firm)

Added title

1. Independent lens (Television program)

Other standard identifier

1. 841887020503

Publisher no.

1. INL61511 PBS Distribution

ISBN

1. 9781608830480
2. 1608830489
3. 9781608830482

Research call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1538