Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Bagwell, Orlando
2. Bellows, Susan
3. Fayer, Steve, 1935-
4. Bassett, Angela
5. Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
6. Johnson, Charles (Charles Richard), 1948-
7. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
8. WGBH Educational Foundation
9. PBS Video

Description

1. 1 videocassette (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. A four part series portraying the struggles of the African people in America, from their arrival in the 1600s to the last days before the Civil War. This first episode examines the origins of one of the largest forced human migrations in recorded history. After the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia in 1619, the British colonies laid the groundwork for a system of racial slavery which generated profits that ensured the colonies' growth and survival.

Series statement

1. Africans in America ; 1
2. History's best on PBS

Uniform title

1. Africans in America ; 1.
2. History's best on PBS.

Alternative title

1. Africans in America : America's journey through slavery. Part 1, The terrible transformation
2. America's journey through slavery. Part 1, The terrible transformation

Subject

1. Slavery > United States > History
2. Slavery > United States > History > 17th century
3. Slavery > Economic aspects > History > United States > 17th century
4. Slavery > Virginia > History
5. Slavery > Economic aspects > History. > Virginia
6. African Americans > History > To 1863
7. Slavery > Justification
8. Films for the hearing impaired
9. United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
10. Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Genre/Form

1. Documentary television programs.
2. Historical television programs.
3. Educational television programs.

Call number

1. Sc Visual VRA-1005, pt. 1

Note

1. Originally broadcast on PBS on October 19, 1998.
2. Related to: Africans in America : America's journey through slavery / Charles Johnson, Patricia Smith, WGBH Series Research Team. -- New York : Harcourt Brace, c1998.

Credits (note)

1. Director of photography, Michael Chin; editor, Chuck Scott; music score, Bernice Johnson Reagon; associate producer, Patricia Garcia Rios.

System details (note)

1. VHS.

Language (note)

1. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Title

1. The terrible transformation / produced for PBS by WGBH Boston ; produced and directed by Orlando Bagwell, Susan Bellows ; writer, Steve Fayer.

Imprint

1. Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation ; [Alexandria, VA] : Distributed by PBS Video, c1998.

Series

1. Africans in America ; 1
2. History's best on PBS
3. Africans in America ; 1.
4. History's best on PBS.

System details

1. VHS.

Performer

1. Narrator: Angela Bassett.

Credits

1. Director of photography, Michael Chin; editor, Chuck Scott; music score, Bernice Johnson Reagon; associate producer, Patricia Garcia Rios.

Language

1. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Bagwell, Orlando.
2. Bellows, Susan.
3. Fayer, Steve, 1935-
4. Bassett, Angela.
5. Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
6. Johnson, Charles (Charles Richard), 1948- Africans in America.
7. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
8. WGBH Educational Foundation.
9. PBS Video.

Publisher no.

1. AFRA-101 PBS Video
2. WG541 WGBH Boston Video

Research call number

1. Sc Visual VRA-1005, pt. 1