Description |
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in. |
Physical Medium |
1/2 in. |
Description |
analog |
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magnetic |
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stereo |
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VHS |
Series |
White star
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White star.
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System Details |
VHS. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Rick Malkames; editor, Anthony Black; narrator, Avery Brooks. |
Summary |
A biography of virtuosa Marian Anderson from the time she sang spirituals as a child at the Union Baptist Church in Philadelphia to the beginning of her classical career in Europe in the 1930's, her return to the United States, her eventual appearance at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1955 (the first black person to perform there), to her retirement in 1965, "a national treasure". |
Language |
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
Subject |
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993.
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Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993. |
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African American women singers -- Biography.
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African American women singers. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Biographies.
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Added Author |
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993.
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James, Dante J.
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Williams, Juan.
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Brooks, Avery.
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WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
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Kultur International Films.
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Added Title |
Story of the voice that broke barriers |
ISBN |
1561278513 : $19.95 |
Music No. |
1851 Kultur |
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