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Wilmington on fire [videorecording] / Speller Street Films presents ; in association with Double7 Images ; a Christopher Everett film ; producer, Blackhouse Publishing ; director and producer, Christopher Everett.

Chaplin, Faye, (on-screen participant). Everett, Christopher, (film director,, film producer.). Thomas, Larry Reni, (on-screen participant.). Blackhouse Publishing, (production company.). Double7 Images (Firm), (presenter.). Head, Matthew, 1982- (composer (expression)). Speller Street Films, (presenter,, publisher.).

Summary:

This film chronicles the attack on the African-American community that unseated elected officials in the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina on November 10, 1898. Previously the city had thrived and been fully integrated both in business relations and socially including interracial marriages. The massacre and coup d'etat was the springboard for the white supremacy movement and Jim Crow segregation throught the state of North Carolina and the American South.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [United States] : Speller Street Films, [2015]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Isiah Donte' Lee ; editor, Don Stafford ; original score, Matthew Head.
Participant or Performer Note:
Featuring, Faye Chaplin, Larry Reni Thomas, Dr. Lewin Manly, Inez Eason, Kent Chatfield, Sandy Darity, Dr. Umar Johnson, Queen Quet, Lerae Umflett, Daawood Muhammad, Sonya Patrick,
System Details Note:
DVD-R; NTSC, region 1; 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
Language Note:
In English, closed-captioned in English.
Subject:
Race riots > North Carolina > Wilmington.
White supremacy movements > North Carolina > Wilmington.
Wilmington Race Riot, Wilmington, N.C., 1898.
Wilmington (N.C.) > Race relations.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 7 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Sneads Ferry Branch Library DVD DOC WIL (Text) 36015000420717 Adult Video Available -