Description |
1 DVD (46 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
Series |
American short story collection
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American short story collection.
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System Details |
DVD, region 1; stereo. |
Performer |
Host, Henry Fonda. |
Cast |
Olivia Cole, James Bond III, Margaret Avery, Cleavon Little, Clinton Derricks-Carroll. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Larry Pizer ; editor, Barbara Pokras ; music, Webster Lewis. |
Note |
Originally broadcast on television in 1980. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
Based on the short story by Ernest J. Gaines. In rural Louisiana in the 1940's, a young black boy accompanies his mother into town and absorbs valuable lessons of pride, charity and dignity. |
Note |
Special features: author bio; actor bios; printable study guide; about the American Short Story Collection; audio transcript interview with Robert Geller; Henry Fonda intro. |
Subject |
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019 -- Television adaptations.
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Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019. |
Genre/Form |
Television adaptations.
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Subject |
African Americans -- Louisiana -- Drama.
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African Americans. |
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Louisiana. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Mothers and sons -- Louisiana -- Drama.
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Mothers and sons. |
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Discrimination -- Louisiana -- Drama.
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Discrimination. |
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Louisiana -- Race relations -- Drama.
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Race relations. |
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Louisiana -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
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Manners and customs. |
Genre/Form |
Short films.
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Short films.
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Television adaptations.
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Short stories, American -- Television adaptations.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Green, Whitney.
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Lathan, Stan, director.
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Fuller, Charles, screenwriter.
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Cole, Olivia, 1942-2018, actor.
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Bond, James, III, actor.
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Avery, Margaret, actor.
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Little, Cleavon.
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Derricks-Carroll, Clinton, 1953-
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Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982, host.
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Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019.
Sky is gray.
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Monterey Video (Firm)
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Learning in Focus, inc.
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Monterey Media.
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Added Title |
Sky is gray |
ISBN |
1569944288 |
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9781569944288 |
Standard No. |
012233388824 |
Music No. |
338882 Monterey Video |
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