10,000 black men named George / Showtime and Paramount Pictures presents ; producer, Michelle Mundy ; written by Cyrus Nowrasteh ; directed by Robert Townsend.

The true story of the formation of the first black-controlled union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Asa Philip Randolph, a black journalist establishes a voice for the forgotten workers of the Pullman Rail Company, were all black porters were simply named "George", after George Pullman, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Showtime Networks
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Paramount Television
Other Authors: Townsend, Robert, 1957-
Mundy, Michelle
Nowrasteh, Cyrus
Braugher, Andre
Dutton, Charles S.
Van Peebles, Mario
Brothers, Carla
Peters, Brock
McGregor, Kenneth
Jackson, Ernestine
Holly, Ellen, 1931-2023
Kedar
Gordon, Joel
Bess, Ardon
Eyo, Karen
Pei, Edward J.
Zinner, Katina
Zinner, Peter
Taylor, Stephen James
McKissack, Fredrick
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, [2003], ©2001.
Series:Paramount DVD collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Pullman porters > United States > Drama.
Feature films.
African Americans > Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Ten thousand black men named George.
Format: Video DVD

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