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The Resource For us, the living : the Medgar Evers story, directed by Michael Schultz ; screenplay by Ossie Davis and J. Kenneth Rotcop ; produced by J. Kenneth Rotcop ; Charles Fries Productions

For us, the living : the Medgar Evers story, directed by Michael Schultz ; screenplay by Ossie Davis and J. Kenneth Rotcop ; produced by J. Kenneth Rotcop ; Charles Fries Productions

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Summary
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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (87 min.)
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1983
  • Widescreen (1.85:1)
  • Based on the book by Mrs. Medgar Evers with William Peters
Instance
Label
For us, the living : the Medgar Evers story
Title
For us, the living
Title remainder
the Medgar Evers story
Statement of responsibility
directed by Michael Schultz ; screenplay by Ossie Davis and J. Kenneth Rotcop ; produced by J. Kenneth Rotcop ; Charles Fries Productions
Title variation
Medgar Evers story
Contributor
Actor
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Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
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Film producer
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Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Alan J. Kozlowski ; editor, Harry Keramidas ; music, Gerald Fried
Dewey number
791.43/72
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.F67 2015
PerformerNote
Howard E. Rollins Jr., Irene Cara, Margaret Avery, Roscoe Lee Browne, Laurence Fishburne, Janet MacLachlan, Paul Winfield
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1938-
  • 1950-1996
  • 1959-2022
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Schultz, Michael
  • Davis, Ossie
  • Rotcop, Ken
  • Rollins, Howard E.
  • Cara, Irene
  • Avery, Margaret
  • Browne, Roscoe Lee
  • Kozlowski, Alan
  • Keramidas, Harry
  • Fried, Gerald
  • Evers-Williams, Myrlie
  • Charles Fries Productions
  • Olive Films
Runtime
87
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Evers, Medgar Wiley
  • Evers, Medgar Wiley
  • African Americans
  • Jackson (Miss.)
  • Civil rights workers
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights workers
  • Race relations
  • Mississippi
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
For us, the living : the Medgar Evers story, directed by Michael Schultz ; screenplay by Ossie Davis and J. Kenneth Rotcop ; produced by J. Kenneth Rotcop ; Charles Fries Productions
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1983
  • Widescreen (1.85:1)
  • Based on the book by Mrs. Medgar Evers with William Peters
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
ocn919095588
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (87 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
887090108904
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
OF1089
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital
Video recording format
DVD
Label
For us, the living : the Medgar Evers story, directed by Michael Schultz ; screenplay by Ossie Davis and J. Kenneth Rotcop ; produced by J. Kenneth Rotcop ; Charles Fries Productions
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1983
  • Widescreen (1.85:1)
  • Based on the book by Mrs. Medgar Evers with William Peters
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
ocn919095588
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (87 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
887090108904
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
OF1089
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital
Video recording format
DVD

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