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Assault at West Point : the court-martial of Johnson Whittaker /

A dramatization of the court martial of Johnson Whittaker and the clash between a Harvard-educated black law professor and his co-defense, a racist white attorney more interested in upholding the honor of West Point than in seeing that justice is done.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Capital Cities/ABC, Inc, Republic Pictures Corporation
Other Authors: Jackson, Samuel L., Waterston, Sam, Gillam, Seth, Marszalek, John F., 1939-
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, Calif. : Republic Pictures Corporation, [1994]
Subjects:
Whittaker, Johnson Chesnut, > 1858-1931 > Trials, litigation, etc. > Drama.
Trials (Military offenses) > New York (State) > West Point > Drama.
African American soldiers > History > 19th century > Drama.
United States Military Academy > History > 19th century > Drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Historical films.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:A dramatization of the court martial of Johnson Whittaker and the clash between a Harvard-educated black law professor and his co-defense, a racist white attorney more interested in upholding the honor of West Point than in seeing that justice is done.
Item Description:Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Based on the book by John F. Marszalek.
Rated PG-13.
"0125."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (95 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Ken Kelsch ; editor, Jay Freund ; music, Terence Blanchard.
ISBN:0782002889