Peter W Kunhardt
Publisher
HBO Documentary Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It chronicles how five generations of one American family have shared the "glorious burden" of collecting, preserving and documenting a treasure trove of photographs, rare books and artifacts relating to Abraham Lincoln. In the years following the Civil War, Peter Kunhardt's ancestors, in particular, his great-grandfather, Frederick Hill Meserve, collected photographs that might have been lost forever.
Publisher
HBO
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For more than three decades, Alabama public interest attorney, founder, and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, has advocated on behalf of the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned, seeking to eradicate racial discrimination in the criminal justice system. An intimate portrait of this remarkable man, this film follows his struggle to create greater fairness in the system and shows how racial injustice emerged, evolved, and continues...
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 113 min) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
King in the Wilderness follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the volatile last three years of his life, from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in April 1968. Drawing on revelatory stories from his inner circle of friends, the film provides a clear window into the civil rights leader's character, showing him to be a man with an unshakeable commitment to peaceful protest in the face of an increasingly unstable country....
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the 200th anniversary of America's mansion - the White House, with a look at the stories, both public and private, that have unfolded within its walls. Reincarnates two centuries of power-plays, tragedies, crises, celebrations and victories through the words of those involved.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.