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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Bibliographic Details
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.
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.
Styron, William, > 1925-2006. > Confessions of Nat Turner.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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