American denial / a co-production of Vital Pictures and Independent Television Service ; a film by Llewellyn Smith, Christine Herbes-Sommers and Kelly Thomson.

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"In 1938, Swedish researcher and Nobel Laureate Gunnar Myrdal plunges into America's Jim Crow South. His resulting study, An American dilemma (1944), poses a profoundly unsettling question: How can a people devoted to the American creed of equality, justice and opportunity for all continue to erect...

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Corporate Authors: Vital Pictures (Firm) (Production company), Independent Television Service (Production company)
Other Authors: Smith, Llewellyn (Film director, Film producer), Herbes-Sommers, Christine (Film producer), Thomson, Kelly (Film producer), Allen, Danielle S., 1971- (Interviewee), Banaji, Mahzarin R. (Interviewee), Bok, Sissela (Interviewee), Brown, Vincent, 1967- (Interviewee), Fölster, Kaj, 1936- (Interviewee), Jackson, Walter A. (Interviewee), powell, john a., 1947- (Interviewee), Sidanius, Jim (Interviewee), Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi (Interviewee)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English; closed-captioned.
Published: [Boston] : Vital Pictures, [2014]
Subjects:
Myrdal, Gunnar, > 1898-1987.
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
"In 1938, Swedish researcher and Nobel Laureate Gunnar Myrdal plunges into America's Jim Crow South. His resulting study, An American dilemma (1944), poses a profoundly unsettling question: How can a people devoted to the American creed of equality, justice and opportunity for all continue to erect obstacles to those ends based on race? Through Myrdal's story and contemporary racial dynamics, the film explores how denial, cognitive dissonance, and implicit bias persist and shape all of our lives"--From container.
Note:Title from disc label.
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2014.
Closing credits not included on disc: featured interviewees taken from the film's website, original broadcast date from Internet movie database.
Discussion guide available online.
Videorecording.
Call Number:E185.61 .A637 2014 VideoDVD
Credits:Producers, Christine Herbes-Sommers, Llewellyn Smith, Kelly Thomson ; directed by Llewellyn Smith ; editor, James Rutenbeck.
System Details:DVD.
Participant or Performer:
Featured interviews: Danielle Allen, Mahzarin Banaji, Sissela Bok, Vincent Brown, Kaj Fölster, Walter A. Jackson, john a. powell, James Sidanius, Sudhir Venkatesh.
Event Details:
Originally broadcast as an episode of the Independent Television Service series Independent Lens February 23, 2015.