Tell them we are rising

Resource Information

The work Tell them we are rising represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Tell them we are rising

Statement of responsibility

a film by Stanley Nelson and Marco Williams ; written, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; co-produced and co-directed by Marco Williams ; produced by Cyndee Readdean, Stacey L. Holman ; written by Marcia Smith ; produced by Firelight Films, Inc

Title variation

• Tell them we are rising
• We are rising
• Story of black colleges & universities

Title variation remainder

the story of black colleges & universities

Contributor

• Holman, Stacey L.
• Allen, Walter Recharde
• Hutchens, Peter
• Jackson, David H., Jr., 1968-
• Long, Calvin
• Medford, Edna Greene
• Alexander, Shawn Leigh
• Miille, K. A., (Kimberly A.)
• Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
• Nelson, Stanley, 1955-
• PBS Distribution (Firm)
• Phillips, Tom, 1952-
• Firelight Films (Firm)
• Readdean, Cyndee
• Rossi, Antonio, (Cinematographer)
• Sanders, Crystal
• Smith, Marcia A.
• Taylor, Johnny C., Jr.
• Washington, Margaret
• Williams, Heather Andrea
• Williams, Marco
• Cole, Johnnetta B.
• Bagnall, Josh
• Crenshaw, Kimberlé
• Gasman, Marybeth
• Holloway, Jonathan Scott

Broadcaster

• Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Composer

• Phillips, Tom, 1952-

Editor of moving image work

• Miille, K. A., (Kimberly A.)

Film director

• Williams, Marco
• Nelson, Stanley, 1955-

Film producer

• Holman, Stacey L.
• Williams, Marco
• Readdean, Cyndee
• Nelson, Stanley, 1955-

Production company

• Firelight Films (Firm)

Publisher

• PBS Distribution (Firm)

Screenwriter

• Smith, Marcia A.
• Nelson, Stanley, 1955-

Subject

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• African American universities and colleges
• African Americans -- Education (Higher)
• African Americans -- Education (Higher) | History
• Documentary television programs
• History
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• African American universities and colleges -- History
• Documentary television programs

Genre

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• History
• Documentary television programs

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

Black colleges and universities are a haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries and have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field. Examines the impact these institutions have had on American history, culture, and national identity

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematographers, Josh Bagnall, Peter Hutchens, Antonio Rossi and three others ; editor, K.A. Miille ; music, Tom Phillips

Dewey number

378.1/982996073

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Intended audience

Rating: TV-PG

Language note

In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

LC call number

LC2781

LC item number

.T45 2018

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PerformerNote

Commentators, Jonathan Holloway, Margaret Washington, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Marybeth Gasman, Heather Andrea Williams, Edna Greene Medford, Crystal R. Sanders, Johnnetta Cole, Johnny C. Taylor Jr., Shawn Leigh Alexander, James D. Anderson, David H. Jackson, Jr., Walter Allen, Calvin Long

Runtime

85

Technique

live action