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Nothing but a man
Title
Nothing but a man / Cinema V presents ; a Roemer-Young Du Art production ; produced by Robert Young, Michael Roemer, Robert Rubin ; produced in association with Du Art Film Laboratories ; written by Michael Roemer and Robert Young ; directed by Michael Roemer.
ISBN
9798886071146
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2024]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
Medium
4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
Full screen (1.37:1).
Special features: An introduction to Michael Roemer, a new interview program featuing director Michael Roemer; Conversation from 2004 between Roemer and coproducer and cinematogapher Robert M. Young; Program featuring archival interviews with actors Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, and Julius Harris; An essay by critic Gene Seymour.
Edited by Luke Bennett ; photographed by Robert Young.
English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Summary
"Michael Roemer's groundbreaking first feature, sensitively shot by his close collaborator Robert M. Young, is a still-resonant expression of humanity in the face of virulent prejudice. Made at the height of the civil rights movement, Nothing But A Man reveals the toll of systemic racism through its honest portrait of a southern Black railroad worker confronting the daily challenges of discrimination and economic precarity, as he attempts to settle down with his new wife and track down his father..." --Container.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 23, 2024
Series
The Criterion collection ; 1209
Credits
Edited by Luke Bennett ; photographed by Robert Young.
Cast
Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Gloria Foster, Julius Harris.
System details note
DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital mono.
Videorecording number
CC3531D The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Films de fiction.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Also listed under
Cinema V (Firm), presenter.
Du Art Film Laboratories, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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