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Presenting Mr. Frederick Douglass
- Title
- Presenting Mr. Frederick Douglass [videorecording] / produced by Betsy McCarthy ; directed by Joseph Camp ; a production of Public Affairs Television, Inc. ; a presentation of Thirteen/WNET, New York.
- Variant title
- Subtitle on disc label and container: Lesson of the hour
- Format
- DVD, Videodisc
- Uniform series
- Moyers collection.
- Published/Produced
- Princeton, N.J : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004]
- Description
- 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Performer
- Host: Bill Moyers.
- Cast
- Fred Morsell.
- Credits
- Cameras, Gary Allen ... [et al.]; executive producer, Judy Doctoroff O'Neill; executive editors, Bill Moyers, Judith Davidson Moyers; editor, Jay Keuper; music, Michael Bacon.
- System details
- DVD-R.
- Language
- Closed-captioned.
- Summary
- A presentation of the theatrical performance featuring the actor Fred Morsell in his recreation of the abolitionist's famous speech on slavery and human rights, "The lesson of the hour" (1894), held at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. where the words were first spoken 100 years ago.
- Notes
- Originally broadcast as an episode of the television program Bill Moyer's journal in 1994. This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
- Subject headings
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895--Drama. Speeches, addresses, etc., American. African Americans--Drama. Abolitionists--United States.
- Genre heading
- Nonfiction television programs. Filmed performances. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Other contributors
- McCarthy, Betsy. Camp, Joseph. Moyers, Bill D. Morsell, Fred, 1940- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Lesson of the hour. Public Affairs Television (Firm) WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
- Other titles
- Bill Moyers journal. Lesson of the hour.