The Resource The middle passage, a Kreol Productions and Raphia Films production ; script by Claude Chonville and Patrick Chamioseau ; narration written by Walter Mosley ; directed by Guy Deslauriers ; produced for HBO by David Gaines

The middle passage, a Kreol Productions and Raphia Films production ; script by Claude Chonville and Patrick Chamioseau ; narration written by Walter Mosley ; directed by Guy Deslauriers ; produced for HBO by David Gaines

Label
The middle passage
Title
The middle passage
Statement of responsibility
a Kreol Productions and Raphia Films production ; script by Claude Chonville and Patrick Chamioseau ; narration written by Walter Mosley ; directed by Guy Deslauriers ; produced for HBO by David Gaines
Title variation
Passage du milieu
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • fre
  • eng
Summary
The story of an African slave who was sold into slavery by the King of Dahomey, shackled and transported on a journey shared with some six hundred others-- a journey barely half would survive
Cataloging source
BBH
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Jacques Boumendil ; music, Amos Coulanges
Language note
Soundtrack in English and Spanish with subtitles in English, Spanish and French; closed captioned
PerformerNote
Narrator, Djimon Hounsou
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1964-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Deslauriers, Guy
  • Chonville, Claude
  • Chamoiseau, Patrick
  • Mosley, Walter
  • Gaines, David
  • Hounsou, Djimon
  • Home Box Office (Firm)
  • Kreol Productions (Firm)
  • Raphia Films Production (Cameroon)
  • HBO Video (Firm)
Runtime
76
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Slave trade
  • African Americans
  • Slavery
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The middle passage, a Kreol Productions and Raphia Films production ; script by Claude Chonville and Patrick Chamioseau ; narration written by Walter Mosley ; directed by Guy Deslauriers ; produced for HBO by David Gaines
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally released: 2000
  • Special features: Cast and crew bios
  • Originally appeared on HBO
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
979419989
Dimensions
4 3/4 cm
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (76 min)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin College: No Public Performance Rights purchased; home, library or classroom use ONLY
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
92077
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)979419989
System details
DVD format; region 1, Aspect ratio (16:1)
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The middle passage, a Kreol Productions and Raphia Films production ; script by Claude Chonville and Patrick Chamioseau ; narration written by Walter Mosley ; directed by Guy Deslauriers ; produced for HBO by David Gaines
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally released: 2000
  • Special features: Cast and crew bios
  • Originally appeared on HBO
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
979419989
Dimensions
4 3/4 cm
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (76 min)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin College: No Public Performance Rights purchased; home, library or classroom use ONLY
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
92077
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)979419989
System details
DVD format; region 1, Aspect ratio (16:1)
Video recording format
DVD

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