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A soldier's story

Title
A soldier's story / directed by Norman Jewison.
Publication
Burbank, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video, ©1991.

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Moving imageUse in library Sc Visual VRA-318Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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Additional Authors
  • Jewison, Norman, 1926-2024
  • Rollins, Howard E., 1950-1996
  • Caesar, Adolph, 1933-1986
  • Washington, Denzel, 1954-
  • Fuller, Charles
  • Columbia Pictures Industries.
  • RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (Firm)
  • Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (102 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
A black officer is sent to investigate the murder of a black sergeant in Louisiana near the end of World War II. It is a story about racism in a segregated regiment of the U.S Army commanded by white officers and training in the Jim Crow South, in a time and place where a black officer is unprecedented and bitterly resented by nearly everyone.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Feature films.
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Note
  • Based on the play: A soldier's play by Charles Fuller.
  • Originally released as motion picture in 1984.
Credits (note)
  • Producers, Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary, Patrick Palmer ; screenwriter, Charles Fuller ; cinematographer, Russell Boyd ; film editors, Mark Warner, Caroline Biggerstaff ; composer, Herbie Hancock ; Columbia Pictures.
Performer (note)
  • Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington.
System Details (note)
  • VHS; hi-fi, dolby stereo.
Language (note)
  • Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-318
ISBN
  • 0800103297
  • 9780800103293
OCLC
  • 31466506
  • 37902711
Title
A soldier's story / directed by Norman Jewison.
Imprint
Burbank, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video, ©1991.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videocassette
Cast
Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington.
Credits
Producers, Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary, Patrick Palmer ; screenwriter, Charles Fuller ; cinematographer, Russell Boyd ; film editors, Mark Warner, Caroline Biggerstaff ; composer, Herbie Hancock ; Columbia Pictures.
System Details
VHS; hi-fi, dolby stereo.
Language
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author
Jewison, Norman, 1926-2024, film producer.
Jewison, Norman, 1926-2024, film director.
Rollins, Howard E., 1950-1996, actor.
Caesar, Adolph, 1933-1986, actor.
Washington, Denzel, 1954- actor.
Fuller, Charles, screenwriter.
Columbia Pictures Industries.
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (Firm)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-318
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