Sammy Davis, Jr. I've gotta be me

DVD 2019

Examine Sammy Davis Jr.'s vast talent and his journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress during twentieth-century America. Explore the life and art of a uniquely gifted entertainer whose trajectory blazed across the major flashpoints of American society from the Depression through the 1980s.

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Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990

Entertainers United States Biography

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Biographical television programs Biographies Documentary television programs Nonfiction television programs Video recordings for people with visual disabilities Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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American masters American masters (Television program) DVD

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ISBN:

9781531709082

Description:

1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical
video file DVD video region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not Rated
E

Other Title:

American masters. Sammy Davis, Jr. I've gotta be me
I've gotta be me
I have got to be me

Notes:

"SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--container
Special features: Being black in America; Persona; Sammy's funeral; Star
Title from container
Widescreen (16x9)
Editor, Steven Wechsler ; music, Christopher Rife
Sammy Davis, Jr
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround
For private home use only
English dialogue; English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Described video for the blind and visually impaired

Control Number:

2664322

UPC:

841887040839

Other Authors:

Kantor, Michael, 1961- television producer
Maslon, Laurence, screenwriter
PBS Distribution (Firm), distributor
Pollard, Sam, television director
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), production company, broadcaster
Rosenthal, Sally, television producer

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