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Rising from the rails : videorecording the story of the Pullman Porter / produced & directed by Brad Osborne.
Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
English
Published/Created
Dallas, Tex. : AMS Production Group, c2006.
Description
1 videodisc (47 min.) : sd., col.& b&W ; 4 3/4 in.
Details
Subject(s)
Pullman porters
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United States
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History
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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
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History
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African Americans
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Social conditions
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Related name
Payne, Allison, 1964-
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Osborne, Brad
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Video recordings
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Related work(s)
Tye, Larry.
Rising from the rails.
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Summary note
A documentary that chronicles the legacy of the Pullman Porters, generations of African American men who served as caretakers to wealthy white passengers on luxury trains that traversed the nation during the golden age of rail. -- Container.
Notes
Based on the book Rising from the rails : Pullman porters and the making of the Black middle class by Larry Tye.
Special features: Behind-the-scenes feature ; Extended interviews with porters and Rails author Larry Tye ; Rare Pullman training filmstrips with sound ; Pullman car slideshow ; Archival railroad films ; Discussion of Pullman memorabilia.
Creation/Production credits
Editor, Brad Osborne ; director of photography, Taylor Garvin
System details
DVD; region 1 encoding; widescreen presentation.
Participant(s)/Performer(s)
Narrator, Allison Payne.
Contents
Out of bondage, all aboard
Rough rides, intimate encounters
My name's not George
Saint Philip and the battle for brotherhood
Behind the mask
Train to freedom
A legacy that lasts.
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OCLC
64562003
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