Title
Solomon Northup's odyssey [videorecording] / Past America, Inc.
Published
[S.l.] : Monterey Home Video : dist. by Monterey Movie Company ; 1996.
Physical Description
1 videocassette (113 min.) : sd. col. ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Originally broadcast as part of the PBS television program American Playhouse.
Executive producer, Shep Morgan ; director, Gordon Parks ; writers, Lou Potter and Samm-Art Williams ; music composed by Gordon Parks.
Summary
Based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man from New York who was kidnapped in 1841 and forced into slavery in Louisiana.
Variant and related titles
Cassette label title: Solomon Northrup's odyssey
Also known as: Half-slave half-free
American playhouse (Television program)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Added to Catalog
July 23, 2002
Credits
Executive producer, Shep Morgan ; director, Gordon Parks ; writers, Lou Potter and Samm-Art Williams ; music composed by Gordon Parks.
Cast
Avery Brooks, Mason Adams, Kent Broadhurst, Lee Bryant, Rhetta Greene, Janet League, Petronia Paley.
Videorecording number
33975 Monterey Home Video
Also listed under
Monterey Home Video (Firm)