Making Black America : through the grapevine /
Making Black America : through the grapevine /
author, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; directed by Stacey L. Holman, Shayla Harris ; producers, Stacey L. Holman, Shayla Harris, Kevin Burke.
, United States
- 2 videodiscs (240 min.) : color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from disc surface. Wide screen (16x9).
Henry Louis Gates Jr., host, narrator.
The four-part series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., chronicles the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people beyond the reach of the "White gaze." The series recounts the establishment of the Prince Hall Masons in 1775 through the formation of all-Black towns and business districts, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, destinations for leisure, and the social media phenomenon of Black Twitter. Professor Gates sits with noted scholars, politicians, cultural leaders, and old friends to discuss this world behind the color line and what it looks like today. It takes viewers into an extraordinary world that showcased Black people's ability to collectively prosper, defy white supremacy and define Blackness in ways that transformed America itself.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (16x9); stereo.
English stereo ; English SDH subtitles.
9781531713911 1531713912
841887045667
MBAM600 PBS
African Americans--History.--United States
African Americans--Social conditions.--United States
United States--Race relations.
Documentary television programs.
Television series.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Title from disc surface. Wide screen (16x9).
Henry Louis Gates Jr., host, narrator.
The four-part series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., chronicles the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people beyond the reach of the "White gaze." The series recounts the establishment of the Prince Hall Masons in 1775 through the formation of all-Black towns and business districts, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, destinations for leisure, and the social media phenomenon of Black Twitter. Professor Gates sits with noted scholars, politicians, cultural leaders, and old friends to discuss this world behind the color line and what it looks like today. It takes viewers into an extraordinary world that showcased Black people's ability to collectively prosper, defy white supremacy and define Blackness in ways that transformed America itself.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (16x9); stereo.
English stereo ; English SDH subtitles.
9781531713911 1531713912
841887045667
MBAM600 PBS
African Americans--History.--United States
African Americans--Social conditions.--United States
United States--Race relations.
Documentary television programs.
Television series.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.