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The killing floor [DVD]
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The killing floor [DVD]

By Rassbach, Elsa, television producer, author.
Milner, Ron.

Genre Made-for-TV movies.

Published [2020] by Film Movement, [New York]

UPC 850003924953

Bib Id 1138086

Description 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : illustrations ; 14 cm)

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cgm a22 a 4500
ISBN
$14.00
UPC
850003924953
Language
eng
Call #
DVD K
Title
The killing floor [DVD]
Publication Information
[2020] by Film Movement, [New York] :
Description
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : illustrations ; 14 cm)
Form of Work
Television programs
Note
Based on a true story, as told by Elsa Rassbach.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.
"The killing floor (1985) has been preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive as part of the Sundance Institute Collection"--Opening credits.
Bonus features: introduction by Bill Duke ; Q&A with Damien Leake and Elsa Rassbach ; The making of The killing floor: pandemic era conversations ; interview with Elsa Rassbach ; new essays by James R. Barrett and Joe William Trotter, Jr.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, William Birch ; editor, John Carter ; music, Elizabeth Swados.
Cast
Damien Leake, Alfre Woodward, Clarence Felder, Moses Gunn, Dennis Farina, Ernest Rayford.
Summary
Frank Custer is an African-American migrant worker who struggles to help build an interracial union in the Chicago Stockyards. When management efforts to divide the workforce put strain on the racial tensions, the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 is the result.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, 1.33:1 standard presentation, mono, all regions
Language Note
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Subject
African Americans--Illinois Chicago--Drama.
African American labor union members--Illinois Chicago--Drama.
Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919--Drama.
Packing-houses--Illinois Chicago--Drama.
Race riots--Illinois Chicago--Drama.
Labor movement--Illinois Chicago--Drama.
Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations History--Drama.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--1875---Drama.
Genre/Form
Made-for-TV movies.
Historical television programs.
Fiction television programs.
Television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Added Author
Rassbach, Elsa, television producer, author.
Milner, Ron.
Lee, Leslie, 1930-2014, screenwriter.
Manasse, George, television producer.
Duke, Bill, 1943- television director.
Leake, Damien, actor.
Woodard, Alfre, 1953- actor.
Felder, Clarence, actor.
Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993, actor.
Farina, Dennis, 1944-2013, actor.
Rayford, Ernest, actor.
Birch, William, 1918- director of photography.
Swados, Elizabeth, composer (expression)
Barrett, James R., 1950- essayist.
Trotter, Joe William, 1945- essayist.
Public Forum Productions, Ltd., production company.
KERA Dallas/Ft. Worth (Television station), production company.
Film Movement (Firm), publisher.
Series
Film Movement classics.

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