The Resource Penitentiary, Jamaa Fanaka Productions ; produced, written and directed by Jamaa Fanaka
Penitentiary, Jamaa Fanaka Productions ; produced, written and directed by Jamaa Fanaka
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Resource Information
The item Penitentiary, Jamaa Fanaka Productions ; produced, written and directed by Jamaa Fanaka represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- Martel Gordone is a hitch-hiker who gets into a fight with a pair of bikers over a prostitute. One of the bikers dies and Martel finds himself in prison with the moniker "Too Sweet" because of his love for candy bars. Soon he is a hardened but pragmatic inmate who joins the prison boxing team in an effort to secure an early parole. But standing in his path is Half Dead Johnson, a member of the prison's most violent gang. Half Dead's sadistic cruelty and Too Sweet's raw determination culminate in a brutal and shocking climax
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Special edition
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (99 min.)
- Note
-
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1979
- Special features: original trailer; optional audio commentary from writer/director Jamaa Fanaka
- Isbn
- 9781597880794
- Label
- Penitentiary
- Title
- Penitentiary
- Statement of responsibility
- Jamaa Fanaka Productions ; produced, written and directed by Jamaa Fanaka
- Title variation
- Jamaa Fanaka's penitentiary
- Subject
-
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Drama
- Blaxploitation films
- Blaxploitation films
- Boxers (Sports)
- Boxers (Sports) -- Drama
- Boxing
- Boxing -- Drama
- Drama
- Feature films
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Fiction films
- Male prisoners
- Male prisoners -- Drama
- Prison -- Feature
- Prison films
- Prison films
- Prison gangs
- Prison gangs -- Drama
- Prisons
- Prisons -- Drama
- Sports -- Feature
- Sports films
- Sports films
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Martel Gordone is a hitch-hiker who gets into a fight with a pair of bikers over a prostitute. One of the bikers dies and Martel finds himself in prison with the moniker "Too Sweet" because of his love for candy bars. Soon he is a hardened but pragmatic inmate who joins the prison boxing team in an effort to secure an early parole. But standing in his path is Half Dead Johnson, a member of the prison's most violent gang. Half Dead's sadistic cruelty and Too Sweet's raw determination culminate in a brutal and shocking climax
- Cataloging source
- CLE
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- Penitentiary (Motion picture : 1979)
- Credits note
- Director of photography, Marty Ollstein ; editor, Betsy Blankett ; music, Frankie Gaye, William Anderson and Andre Douglas
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- Intended audience
- MPAA rating: R
- PerformerNote
- Leon Isaac Kennedy, Thommy Pollard, Badja Djola, Gloria Delaney, Hazel Spear, Donovan Womack
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1942-2012
- 1947-
- 1941-2001
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Fanaka, Jamaa
- Kennedy, Leon Isaac
- Pollard, Thommy
- Djola, Badja
- Delaney, Gloria
- Spear, Hazel
- Womack, Donovan
- Gaye, Frankie
- Jamaa Fanaka Productions (Firm)
- Xenon Pictures
- Runtime
- 99
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Prisons
- Male prisoners
- Prison gangs
- Boxing
- Boxers (Sports)
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Boxers (Sports)
- Boxing
- Male prisoners
- Prison gangs
- Prisons
- Target audience
- adult
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Penitentiary, Jamaa Fanaka Productions ; produced, written and directed by Jamaa Fanaka
- Note
-
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1979
- Special features: original trailer; optional audio commentary from writer/director Jamaa Fanaka
- 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
- ocn190863591
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Special edition
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (99 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781597880794
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 000799436424
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- XE4364DVD
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System details
- DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; NTSC, restored
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Penitentiary, Jamaa Fanaka Productions ; produced, written and directed by Jamaa Fanaka
- Note
-
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1979
- Special features: original trailer; optional audio commentary from writer/director Jamaa Fanaka
- 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
- ocn190863591
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Special edition
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (99 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781597880794
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 000799436424
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- XE4364DVD
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System details
- DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; NTSC, restored
- Video recording format
- DVD
Subject
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Drama
- Blaxploitation films
- Blaxploitation films
- Boxers (Sports)
- Boxers (Sports) -- Drama
- Boxing
- Boxing -- Drama
- Drama
- Feature films
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Fiction films
- Male prisoners
- Male prisoners -- Drama
- Prison -- Feature
- Prison films
- Prison films
- Prison gangs
- Prison gangs -- Drama
- Prisons
- Prisons -- Drama
- Sports -- Feature
- Sports films
- Sports films
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