DVD
The Underground Railroad [videorecording] / Amazon Studios ; directed by Barry Jenkins ; teleplays by Barry Jenkins, Jacqueline Hoyt, Nathan C. Parker, Allison Davis, Adrienne Rush, Jihan Crowther.
Cora, fleeing slavery, embarks on a treacherous quest for freedom and is menaced by violence, supported by a clandestine community fighting for liberation, and haunted by the people she loses along the way.
Record details
- ISBN: 9798886071542
- Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (585 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches.
- Edition: Director-approved four-DVD special edition.
- Publisher: New York : The Criterion Collection, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning 2016 novel. Special features: New audio commentary featuring Jenkins and, on select chapters, cinematographer James Laxton and lead editor Joi McMillon, with an introduction by the director; New graphic-novel adaptation of "Genesis," an unfilmed chapter of The Underground Railroad written by Jenkins and Nathan C. Parker, drawn by Valentine De Landro, with an introduction by Jenkins ; The Gaze, a companion film by Jenkins, with a new introduction by the director ; Deleted scenes, with a statement by Jenkins ; Seven teasers made by Jenkins, with a new introduction by the director ; Building "The Underground Railroad," a short program featuring Jenkins and production designer Mark Friedberg discussing the creation of the train-station sets ; An essay by critic Angelica Jade Bastién. Title from container. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. Chapter one: Georgia -- Chapter two: South Carolina. Disc 2. Chapter three: North Carolina -- Chapter four: The great spirit -- Chapter five: Tennessee exodus. Disc 3. Chapter six: Tenneessee proverbs -- Chapter seven: Fanny Briggs -- Chapter eight: Indiana autumn. Disc 4. Chapter nine: Indiana winter -- Chapter ten: Mabel. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon, Joel Edgerton, Fred Hechinger, Peter Mullan, Sheila Atim. |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2021. |
| Target Audience Note: | 14A. |
| System Details Note: | DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | For private home use only. |
| Language Note: | Audio track in English, captions in English, accessible audio track in English. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | TV Under | 31681010381606 | DVD | Available | - |
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