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The killing floor /

Presents the story of Frank Custer, a Mississippi sharecropper who moves to Chicago in 1917, gets a job at a meat-packing plant and is caught up in the labor and racial unrest that leads to the Chicago South Side race riots of 1919.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Made in USA Productions, Inc, Kino International Corporation, Public Forum Productions, Ltd, KERA Dallas/Ft. Worth (Television station)
Other Authors: Duke, Bill, 1943-, Manasse, George, Rassbach, Elsa, Leake, Damien, Woodard, Alfre, 1953-, Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993, Felder, Clarence
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Kino on Video, [1997]
Subjects:
Custer, Frank, > laborer > Drama.
Riots > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century > Drama.
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century > Drama.
Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations > Drama.
Stockyards > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century > Drama.
Packing-house workers > Labor unions > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century > Drama.
Racism > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Made-for-TV movies.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Presents the story of Frank Custer, a Mississippi sharecropper who moves to Chicago in 1917, gets a job at a meat-packing plant and is caught up in the labor and racial unrest that leads to the Chicago South Side race riots of 1919.
Item Description:Copyright date on container, 1985. Copyright date on credit screen, 1984.
"The true story of the Chicago labor wars of 1919"--Container.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color, black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS format.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG.
Awards:Special jury award, Sundance Film Festival
Production Credits:Screenplay by Leslie Lee ; adaptation by Ron Milner ; story by Elsa Rassbach ; music, Elizabeth Swados ; director of photography, Bill Birch ; editor, John Carter.