Nat Turner : a troublesome property / a production of Subpix LLC, produced in association with KQED Public Television, California Newsreel.

Evaluates the authenticity of the earliest source, "The Confessions of Nat Turner", assembled by a white Virginia lawyer from jailhouse interviews. It then follows the controvery over the Nat Turner story played out through history. Alvin Poussaint and Ossie Davis recall how Nat Turner became a hero...

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Corporate Authors: Subpix (Firm), KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.), California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors: Burnett, Charles, 1944-, Christopher, Frank, Greenberg, Kenneth S., Capps, Todd, Lumbly, Carl, Nowicki, Tom, Hicks, Tommy, Opher, James, Woodard, Alfre, 1953-, Foner, Eric, 1943-, Davis, Mary Kemp, 1948-, Thelwell, Michael, Gates, Henry Louis, Jr
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [2002], ©2002.
Subjects:
Turner, Nat, > 1800?-1831 > In literature.
Styron, William, > 1925-2006. > Confessions of Nat Turner.
Documentary films.
Nat Turner's Rebellion, Virginia, 1831 > Literature and the insurrection.
Literature and history > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Slave rebellions > Virginia > Historiography.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
African Americans in literature.
Slavery in literature.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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Evaluates the authenticity of the earliest source, "The Confessions of Nat Turner", assembled by a white Virginia lawyer from jailhouse interviews. It then follows the controvery over the Nat Turner story played out through history. Alvin Poussaint and Ossie Davis recall how Nat Turner became a hero in the Black community. Religious scholar Vincent Harding and legal scholar Martha Minow reflect on America's attitudes toward terrorism. One of the most bitter race battles of the 1960s is reexamined, when William Styron published his novel, The Confessions of Nat Turner.
Note:Special features include; scene selections.
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Call Number:E169.12 .N39 2002 VideoDVD
Credits:Director, Charles Burnett ; producer, Frank Christopher ; writers, Charles Burnett, Frank Christopher, Kenneth S. Greenberg ; music composer, Todd Capps.
System Details:DVD format.
Cast:
Carl Lumbly (Nat Turner--Gray), Tom Nowicki (Thomas R. Gray), Tommy Hicks (Nat Turner--Edmonds), James Opher (Nat Turner--Styron), Megan Gallagher (Margaret Whitehead), Moses Gibson (Allen Crawford), Michael Lemelle (Nat Turner--Brown).
Narrator, Alfre Woodard ; commentators, Eric Foner, Mary Kemp Davis, Ekwueme Michael Thelwell, Henry Louis Gates, Peter Wood, Vincent Harding, Herbert Aptheker, William Styron, Kitty Futrell, Eugene Genovese, Rick Francis, Bruce Turner, Martha Minow, Ray Winbush, Ossie Davis, Alvin Poussaint, Ayoku Babu, James McGee, Charles Burnett, Kenneth S. Greenberg, Thomas Parramore, Louise Meriwether, Loyle Hairston.