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The Resource The Watsons go to Birmingham, Arc Entertainment and Walden Media present ; a Tonik production ; produced by Philip Kleinbart ; produced by Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver ; teleplay by Tonya Lewis Lee and Stephen Glantz & Caliope Brattlestreet ; directed by Kenny Leon

The Watsons go to Birmingham, Arc Entertainment and Walden Media present ; a Tonik production ; produced by Philip Kleinbart ; produced by Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver ; teleplay by Tonya Lewis Lee and Stephen Glantz & Caliope Brattlestreet ; directed by Kenny Leon

Label
The Watsons go to Birmingham
Title
The Watsons go to Birmingham
Statement of responsibility
Arc Entertainment and Walden Media present ; a Tonik production ; produced by Philip Kleinbart ; produced by Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver ; teleplay by Tonya Lewis Lee and Stephen Glantz & Caliope Brattlestreet ; directed by Kenny Leon
Contributor
Actor
Film distributor
Television director
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Chronicles the ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, and how they are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, James Chressanthis ; editor, Margie Goodspeed ; music, Mervyn Warren
Dewey number
791.45/72
Intended audience
MPAA Rating: PG
Language note
Close-captioned
LC call number
PN1992.77
LC item number
.W38 2013
PerformerNote
Anika Noni Rose, Wood Harris, Latanya Richardson Jackson, David Alan Grier, Bryce Clyde Jenkins, Harrison Knight, Skai Jackson
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1972-
  • 1969-
  • 1949-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Leon, Kenny
  • Rose, Anika Noni
  • Harris, Wood
  • Richardson, LaTanya
  • Curtis, Christopher Paul
  • ARC Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
86
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Curtis, Christopher Paul
  • African American families
  • Racism
  • 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963
  • Civil rights movements
  • Birmingham (Ala.)
Target audience
adolescent
Technique
live action
Label
The Watsons go to Birmingham, Arc Entertainment and Walden Media present ; a Tonik production ; produced by Philip Kleinbart ; produced by Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver ; teleplay by Tonya Lewis Lee and Stephen Glantz & Caliope Brattlestreet ; directed by Kenny Leon
Link
http://midwesttapes.com/images/movies/000/000/000/011/020/000000000011020898.gif
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Note
  • Title from web page and container
  • Based on the book by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • DVD release of motion picture originally produced for television in 2013
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (86 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 796019826822
  • 796019826822
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
82682
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn860805737
  • (OCoLC)860805737
  • 765855
System details
  • DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround
  • DVD
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The Watsons go to Birmingham, Arc Entertainment and Walden Media present ; a Tonik production ; produced by Philip Kleinbart ; produced by Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver ; teleplay by Tonya Lewis Lee and Stephen Glantz & Caliope Brattlestreet ; directed by Kenny Leon
Link
http://midwesttapes.com/images/movies/000/000/000/011/020/000000000011020898.gif
Publication
Distribution
Note
  • Title from web page and container
  • Based on the book by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • DVD release of motion picture originally produced for television in 2013
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (86 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 796019826822
  • 796019826822
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
82682
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn860805737
  • (OCoLC)860805737
  • 765855
System details
  • DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround
  • DVD
Video recording format
DVD

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