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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.

Atim, Sheila, 1992- (actor.). Crowther, Jihan, (screenwriter.). Davis, Allison, (Producer), (screenwriter,, television producer.). De Landro, Valentine, (illustrator.). Dillon, Chase W., (actor.). Edgerton, Joel, 1974- (actor.). Hechinger, Fred, (actor.). Hoyt, Jacqueline, (screenwriter.). Jenkins, Barry, 1979- (television director,, screenwriter,, author.). Mbedu, Thuso, 1991- (actor.). Mullan, Peter, (actor.). Parker, Nathan C., (screenwriter.). Rush, Adrienne, (screenwriter.). Jenkins, Barry, 1979- container of (work) : Genesis. (Added Author). Whitehead, Colson, 1969- television adaptation of (work): Underground railroad. (Added Author). Amazon Studios, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon, Joel Edgerton, Fred Hechinger, Peter Mullan, Sheila Atim. (Cast).

Summary:

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]

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.
Subject: Fugitive slaves > United States > Fiction.
Underground Railroad > Fiction.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century > Fiction.
United States > History > 19th century > Fiction.
United States > Race relations > 19th century > Fiction.
Genre: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction television programs.
Television programs.
Television mini-series.
Historical television programs.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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500 . ‡aTitle from container.
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