Deacons for Defense

Resource Information

The work Deacons for Defense 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

Deacons for Defense

Statement of responsibility

Showtime presents a Robert Rehme production ; a film by Bill Duke ; producer, Mark Little ; produced by Nick Grillo ; story by Michael D'Antonio ; screenplay by Richard Wesley and Frank Military ; directed by Bill Duke

Contributor

• Hallmark Entertainment (Firm)
• Showtime Entertainment
• Showtime Networks
• Benjamin, Paul, 1938-2019
• Benskin, Tyrone
• Britton, Chris
• Colombier, Michel
• D'Antonio, Michael, 1955-
• Davis, Ossie
• Duke, Bill, 1943-
• Emmink, Peter
• Gorin, Stephanie
• Grillo, Nick
• Keramidas, Harry
• Little, Mark, (Mark Anthony)
• Mack, Gene
• Military, Frank
• Nicholls-King, Melanie
• Rehme, Robert, 1935-
• Silverman, Jonathan, 1966-
• Stannett, Ron
• Starr, Beau, 1944-
• Wesley, Richard, 1945-
• Whitaker, Forest

Subject

• African American men
• African American men -- Louisiana -- Drama
• Civil rights movements
• Civil rights movements -- Louisiana -- Drama
• DVD
• Deacons for Defense and Justice
• Deacons for Defense and Justice -- Drama
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Films de fiction
• Films historiques
• Historical films
• Historical films
• Historical films
• Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
• Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Drama
• Louisiana
• Made-for-TV movies
• Made-for-TV movies
• Téléfilms
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives

Genre

• DVD
• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Films de fiction
• Films historiques
• Historical films
• Made-for-TV movies
• Téléfilms
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

Set in Louisiana in the 1960s, a group calling themselves Deacons for Defense rise up against the Ku Klux Klan. A hard-working man forms the Black militia group which then became a focal point during civil rights movement

Cataloging source

IGP

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Ron Stannett. ; editor, Harry Keramidas ; music by Michel Colombier ; Canadian casting by, Stephanie Gorin ; production designer, Peter Emmink

Dewey number

791.45/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

Language note

English (Dolby 5.1 or stereo 2.0) and Spanish (mono.) language soundtracks; closed-captioned in English

LC call number

PN1992.8.F5

LC item number

D43 2003

PerformerNote

Forest Whitaker, Jonathan Silverman, Ossie Davis, Paul Benjamin, Gene Mack, Beau Starr, Tyrone Benskin, Melanie Nicholls-King, Chris Britton

Runtime

99

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action