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Title Prince among slaves / directed, produced and written by Andrea Kalin ; reenactments directed by Bill Duke ; a presentation of the National Black Programming Consortium.

Publication Info. [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2008]
©2008

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 Moore Video  E444.I25 P75 2008    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 DVD (58 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
digital
optical
stereo
NTSC
video file
DVD video
System Details DVD, NTSC, widescreen; stereo.
Performer Narrated by Mos Def.
Credits Director of photography, John Rhode ; edited by David Grossbach ; original music composed by Joseph Vitarelli.
Note Based on the book: Prince among slaves / by Terry Alford.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007.
Audience Not rated PBS Home Video.
Summary The true story of Abd al-Rahman Ibrahima Ibn Sori, a West African prince who was sold into slavery in 1788, eventually ending up in Natchez, Mississippi.
Awards American Black Film Festival, 2007: Best Documentary.
Contents Prince among slaves -- Middle Passage -- TransAtlantic slave trade -- Natchez, Mississippi -- Foster's field -- Torn memories -- Escape and revelation -- King Cotton -- Starting anew -- Twenty years later -- Crossroads -- Dr. Cox's offer -- Narschalk -- Freedom -- Departure -- Most popular African in America -- ACS -- Backlash -- Last stop -- Journey home -- A dream fulfilled.
Note Special features: "Dominion over others : slavery at home in the world" featurette; "Writing in the sand : the legacy of Muslim slavery" featurette; "Land of faith & liberty : the Muslim kingdom of Futa Jallon" featurette; interview with Mos Def.
Local Note Rider University has public performance rights (PPR) for this title. See "Terms of use" for more details or contact the electronic resources librarian.
Language Closed-captioned.
Terms Of Use "Includes limited public performance rights"--DVD container label, front.
Provenance Gift of Juliet Sabouri.
Subject Ibrahima, Abd al-Rahman, 1762-1829.
Ibrahima, Abd al-Rahman, 1762-1829.
Enslaved persons -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Biography.
Enslaved persons.
Mississippi -- Natchez.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Princes -- Africa, West -- Biography.
Princes.
West Africa.
Muslims -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Biography.
Muslims.
Slavery -- Mississippi.
Slavery.
Mississippi.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Biographies.
Added Author Kalin, Andrea, director, producer, screenwriter.
Duke, Bill, 1943- director.
Rhode, John, cinematographer.
Grossbach, David, film editor.
Vitarelli, Joseph, composer.
Mos Def (Rapper), narrator.
Alford, Terry. Prince among slaves.
National Black Programming Consortium.
Spark Media (Washington, D.C.)
Duke Media (Firm)
Unity Productions Foundation.
PBS Home Video.
ISBN 0793694183
9780793694181
Standard No. 841887009195
Music No. PASL601 PBS Home Video