The book of Negroes / BET Networks presents ; in association with CBC ; a Conquering Lion Pictures, Out of Africa Entertainment production ; in association with Idlewild Films and Entertainment One ; story by Lawrence Hill and Clement Virgo ; teleplay by Clement Virgo ; directed by Clement Virgo.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: EOE-DV-7883 | Entertainment OneLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publisher: Port Washington, New York : distributed by Entertainment One Film USA, [2015]Description: 3 videodiscs (450 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 volume (unpaged : illustrations ; 19 cm)Content type: - two-dimensional moving image
- text
- video
- unmediated
- videodisc
- volume
- Book of Negroes (Television program)
- Slavery -- Drama
- Slaves -- United States -- Drama
- Women slaves -- United States -- Drama
- Slaves -- Emancipation -- Drama
- Slavery -- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Drama
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama
- African American loyalists -- Drama
- Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- Drama
- African American loyalists -- Sierra Leone -- Drama
- Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- Drama
- Hill, Lawrence, 1957- -- Television adaptations
- Producers, Damon D'Oliveira, Clement Virgo ; editors, Kye Meechan (episodes 1,5), Susan Shipton (episodes 2-4,6) ; director of photography, Giulio Biccari ; music, Philip Miller.
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA Book of | Available | 33111009032505 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A kidnapped African woman becomes enslaved, and endures harsh conditions in South Carolina, eventually making her way to New York City during the Revolutionary War. In her ongoing quest for freedom she spends time hiding in an isolated part of Nova Scotia, and having to survive in the wild of Sierra Leone. Starring: Aunjanue Ellis, Lyriq Bent, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Louis Gossett Jr. ~ Erin Demers, Rovi
DVD, region 1, widescreen 1.78:1, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
In English; closed-captioned in English.
Title from disc label.
Aunjanue Ellis, Lyriq Bent, Ben Chaplin, Allan Hawco, Greg Bryk, Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, Siya Xaba, Cara Ricketts, Dwain Murphy, Sandra Caldwell, Rick Roberts, Joel Thomas Hynes, Stephan James, Matt Ward, Meredith MacNeill, Amy Louise Wilson, Antonio David Lyons, Jane Alexander, Cuba Gooding Jr., Louis Gosset Jr.
Producers, Damon D'Oliveira, Clement Virgo ; editors, Kye Meechan (episodes 1,5), Susan Shipton (episodes 2-4,6) ; director of photography, Giulio Biccari ; music, Philip Miller.
Based on: The book of Negroes / Lawrence Hill ; book also released under the title: Someone knows my name.
Originally broadcast as a television mini-series on CBC in 2015.
Program notes laid in container.
Rating: TV-PG.
A universal story of loss, courage and triumph, this recounts the extraordinary journey of Aminata Diallo, an indomitable African woman who survives in a world in which everything seems to be against her. Kidnapped by slave traders in West Africa then sold into slavery in South Carolina, Aminata navigates her way through the American Revolution in New York, the isolated refuge of Nova Scotia, and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, before finally securing her freedom in England.
Disc 1. Episodes 1-3 (154 min.) -- Disc 2. Episodes 4-6 (165 min.) -- Disc 3. (187 min.) Special features (187 min.).
Special features: Disc 1. Amistad featurette, History of The Black Loyalist Society featurette ; Disc 2. deleted scenes ; Disc 3. Interviews with cast and crew, Lawrence on set featurette, interview with author Lawrence Hill.