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Review by GEORGE R WARBURTON
Compelled me to think deeper.
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| Title Statement | The Underground Railroad [DVD] / Amazon Studios ; directed by Barry Jenkins ; teleplays by Barry Jenkins, Jacqueline Hoyt, Nathan C. Parker, Allison Davis, Adrienne Rush, Jihan Crowther. |
|---|---|
| Series | Criterion Collection ;1223 |
| Additional Contributors | Atim, Sheila,1992- |
| Crowther, Jihan | |
| Davis, Allison, (Producer) | |
| De Landro, Valentine | |
| Dillon, Chase W | |
| Edgerton, Joel,1974- | |
| Hechinger, Fred | |
| Hoyt, Jacqueline | |
| Jenkins, Barry,1979- | |
| Mbedu, Thuso,1991- | |
| Mullan, Peter | |
| Parker, Nathan C | |
| Rush, Adrienne | |
| Jenkins, Barry,1979- | |
| Whitehead, Colson,1969- | |
| Publication | New York: The Criterion Collection,[2024]©2021 |
| Edition | Director-approved four-DVD special edition. |
| Extent of Item | 4 videodiscs (585 minutes) |
| ISBN | 9798886071542 |
| Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 715515297912 |
| Other Number | av07713323 |
| General Notes | 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. |
| Performance Credits | Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon, Joel Edgerton, Fred Hechinger, Peter Mullan, Sheila Atim. |
| Audience & Ratings | 14A. |
| Languages | Audio track in English, captions in English, accessible audio track in English. |
| System Details | DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Terms of Use | For private home use only. |
| Contents | 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. |
| 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. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Fugitive slaves--Fiction--United States |
| Underground Railroad--Fiction | |
| Antislavery movements--Fiction--History--19th century--United States | |
| By Location | United States--Fiction--History--19th century |
| United States--Fiction--Race relations--19th century | |
| By 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 | |
