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African American editors Massachusetts Boston Death Drama Fathers and daughters Drama Feature films Lehr, Dick Television adaptations Revenge Drama Silent films Trotter, William Monroe 1872-1934 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Drama United States Race relations History 20th centurySummary: Twenty two of the best early films directed by D.W. Griffith which helped shape cinematic narrative for two generations.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Image Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA D.W. GSummary: Made in response to charges of racial prejudice following Griffith's Birth of a nation. Film uses four separate historical events from the fall of Babylon to the twentieth century to show that intolerance pervades in the minds of all people. Each story has its own set of characters.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackhawk 1916
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INTSummary: "In 1915, African American newspaper editor and civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement features commentary from Spike Lee, Reginald...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIRSummary: Set in the Limehouse district of London, this is the story of Lucy, a 15-year-old living under the violent, abusive hand of her resentful prizefighter father, Battling Burrows. Driven from her home, she finds love and protection in the home of a gentle Chinese man. Together they begin to discover the joys that life has denied both of them until that time. Then Lucy's father finds her, brutally...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2002