Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation

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Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided	McCullough, David G., Geoffrey C. Ward, and David Grubin, contributors. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided . Bloomington, Ind.: David Grubin Productions; [Alexandria, Va.]: PBS Video; Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2001. 3 videocassettes (180 minutes). Lockwood Microforms and Newspapers VHS E457.25 "He was a dirt farmer's son determined to make something of himself. She was the daughter of wealthy Southern aristocrats with her own powerful political ambitions. He was the Great Emancipator. She was the daughter of slave-owners. He would become more central to America's image of itself than any chief executive. She would die unnoticed and totally forgotten. Together they ascended to the pinnacle of power at the most difficult time in the nation's history. " See the complementing website at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/ .
Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery	Bagwell, Orlando, Susan Bellows, Steve Fayer, Angela Bassett, Bernice Johnson Reagon, and Michael Chin, contributors. Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery . Boston, Mass.: WGBH Educational Foundation; [Alexandria, Va.]: PBS Video, 1998. 4 videocassettes (270 minutes). Law Library Koren VHS E441.A37.1998 "This series considers the contradictions that lay at the heart of the founding of the American nation. The infant democracy pronounced all men to be created equal while enslaving one race to benefit another. It portrays the struggles of the African people in America, from their arrival in the 1600s to the last days before the Civil War." See the complementing website at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html .
Toni Morrison (and Beloved)	Benson, Allan, Melvyn Bragg, and Toni Moirrison, contributors. Toni Morrison . Chicago: Home Vision, 1987. 1 videocassette (50 minutes). Instructional Technology Services VHS V20116 Readings from Beloved are performed by Guy Gregory and Bonnie Greer. Morrison discusses slavery and its legacy and their impact on her writing and their reflection in Beloved .
The Civil War	McCullough, David G., Ken Burns, Ric Burns, and Geoffrey C. Ward, contributors. The Civil War . Alexandria, Va.: PBS Video, 1989. 9 videocassettes (680 minutes). Lockwood Microforms and Newspapers Kit E468.7.C58.1989 and Instructional Technology Services, VHS V03123 - V03131 "This landmark documentary film series movingly and vividly presents the entire sweep of the war, from the battlefields to the home fronts, from the politicians and generals to the enlisted men and their families, from the causes of the war and the opening guns at Sumter to the stillness at Appomattox and Lincoln's assassination and beyond." See the complementing website at http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/ .
Civil War Journal	Glover, Danny, contributor. Civil War Journal . New York: A&E Home Video, 1993. 6 videocassettes (6 hours, 50 minutes). Lockwood Microforms and Newspapers VHS E468.7.C5.1993 Episodes cover such topics as: Stonewall Jackson, Fort Sumter, the Monitor versus the CSS Virginia, John Singleton Mosby, the 54 th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, photographer Alexander Gardner, John Brown, 1 st Bull Run, Pickett's charge, Gettysburg, and West Point classmates as enemies.
Digging for Slaves	Digging for Slaves . Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities, 1992. 1 videocassette (50 minutes). Instructional Technology Services VHS V04117 " Provides many fascinating and surprising details at excavations of 18th-century slave quarters on Middleburg Plantation near Charleston; at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, whose slave holdings seem so irreconcilable with his expressed views on human freedom; and at Colonial Williamsburg, which until recently neglected to show the lives of the slaves, who made up over half the town's population."
Frederick Douglass: An American life	Greaves, William, and Lou Potter, contributors. Frederick Douglass: An American Life . New York, N.Y.: Your World Video, 1985. 1 videocassette (32 minutes) Instructional Technology Services VHS V06046 "A documentary on the personal and public life of orator, abolitionist, and statesman Frederick Douglass as told in his own words. Using flashbacks, re-creates critical events that shaped his life. Covers his years as a slave; his escape; his relationships with William Lloyd Garrison, John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and Harriet Tubman; his newspaper; and his family life."
Gettysburg	Berenger, Tom, Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen, Ronald F. Maxwell, and Michael Shaara, contributors. Gettysburg . An adaptation of The Killer Angels . [Atlanta, Ga.]: Turner Home Entertainment, 1993. 2 videocassettes (about 260 minutes). Lockwood Microforms and Newspapers VHS PN1997.85.G477.1993 "On July 1, 1863, more than 150,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were drawn into one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. When it was all over, 50,000 men had paid the ultimate price. Today, Gettysburg is known as the turning point of the war and a pivotal event in American history. Featuring some of the most authentic Civil War battle scenes ever committed to film, and outstanding performances by the cast, 'Gettysburg' accurately depicts the events, battles and personal struggles of valor on both sides of the Civil War."
Glory	Broderick, Matthew, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Jarre, Edward Zwick, James Horner, contributors. Glory . Culver City, Calif.: TriStar, 2000. 1 videocassette (about 122 minutes). Lockwood Microforms and Newspapers VHS E656.G56.2000 " One of the very best films about the Civil War, this instant classic from 1989 is also one of the few films to depict the participation of African American soldiers in Civil War combat. Based in part on the books Lay This Laurel by Lincoln Kirstein and One Gallant Rush by Peter Burchard, the film also draws from the letters of Robert Gould Shaw (played by Matthew Broderick), the 25-year-old son of Boston abolitionists who volunteered to command the all-black 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Their training and battle experience leads them to their final assault on Fort Wagner in South Carolina, where their heroic bravery turned bitter defeat into a symbolic victory that brought recognition to black soldiers and turned the tide of the war."
Lincoln	Kunhardt, Philip B., Lincoln, James Earl Jones, Alan Menken, Peter W. Kunhardt, Jason Robards, and Glenn Close, contributors. . Lincoln . Alexandria, Va: PBS Video, 1992. 4 videocassettes (56 minutes each). Lockwood Microforms and Newspapers VHS E457.L56.1992 "Captures the drama of Lincoln in his own words. Drawn from letters, speeches and diaries, Lincoln's words are brought to life by the voice of actor, Jason Robards. Uses historic black and white photographs to portray Lincoln and the period of the Civil War in American history."
Sankofa	Gerima, Haile, Shirikiana Aina, Kofi Ghanada, Oyafunmike Ogunlano, and Alexandra Duah, contributors. Sankofa . Wash., D.C.: Mypheduh Films, 1993. 1 videocaseete (125 minutes). Instructional Technology Services VHS V19193 "Sankofa -- an Akan word meaning, 'one must return to the past in order to move forward' -- is the story about the transformation of a self-possessed African-American woman sent on a spiritual journey in time to experience the pain of slavery and the discovery of her African identity."
Thomas Jefferson	Burns, Ken, Sam Waterston, Ossie Davis, Camilla Rockwell, and Geoffrey C. Ward, contributors. Thomas Jefferson . [Alexandria, Va.]: PBS Home Video; Turner Home Entertainment, 1997. 2 videocassettes (180 minutes). Lockwood Microforms and Newspapers VHS E332.T38.1997 " Commentators, including the noted African American historian John Hope Franklin, grapple with the peculiar inconsistencies of Jefferson's life. The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence owned slaves, and some of what he wrote about race is both troubling and puzzling. This film (which covers Jefferson's entire life, including his two terms as the young country's president and his later years in Virginia) doesn't sidestep controversy but provides a balanced account of one of the most fascinating of all Americans. "