For Us, the Living
The Medgar Evers Story
Chicago, IL : Olive Films, [2015]
Format: DVD
Description: 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Medgar Evers was a former insurance salesman turned field secretary for the NAACP, and who was instrumental in organizing boycotts against discriminating southern white merchants and the desegregation of the University of Mississippi.
Other Authors:
Schultz, Michael, 1938- film director.
Davis, Ossie, screenwriter.
Rotcop, Ken, screenwriter, film producer.
Rollins, Howard E., 1950-1996, actor.
Cara, Irene, 1959-2022, actor.
Avery, Margaret, actor.
Browne, Roscoe Lee, actor.
Kozlowski, Alan, director of photography.
Keramidas, Harry, editor of moving image work.
Fried, Gerald, composer.
Charles Fries Productions, production company.
Olive Films, publisher.
Schultz, Michael, 1938- film director.
Davis, Ossie, screenwriter.
Rotcop, Ken, screenwriter, film producer.
Rollins, Howard E., 1950-1996, actor.
Cara, Irene, 1959-2022, actor.
Avery, Margaret, actor.
Browne, Roscoe Lee, actor.
Kozlowski, Alan, director of photography.
Keramidas, Harry, editor of moving image work.
Fried, Gerald, composer.
Charles Fries Productions, production company.
Olive Films, publisher.
Subjects:
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 -- Drama.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Drama.
Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Biography -- Drama.
Jackson (Miss.) -- Race relations -- Drama.
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 -- Drama.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Drama.
Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Biography -- Drama.
Jackson (Miss.) -- Race relations -- Drama.
UPC: 887090108904
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DVD DRAMA For | Main (Downtown) | First Level, DVD | In |
DVD AF AM For | North Main | DVD | In |
More Formats
Originally released as a motion picture in 1983.
Widescreen (1.85:1).
Based on the book by Mrs. Medgar Evers with William Peters.
Videorecording.
Director of photography, Alan J. Kozlowski ; editor, Harry Keramidas ; music, Gerald Fried.
Howard E. Rollins Jr., Irene Cara, Margaret Avery, Roscoe Lee Browne, Laurence Fishburne, Janet MacLachlan, Paul Winfield.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital.
Widescreen (1.85:1).
Based on the book by Mrs. Medgar Evers with William Peters.
Videorecording.
Director of photography, Alan J. Kozlowski ; editor, Harry Keramidas ; music, Gerald Fried.
Howard E. Rollins Jr., Irene Cara, Margaret Avery, Roscoe Lee Browne, Laurence Fishburne, Janet MacLachlan, Paul Winfield.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital.