American experience. Roads to Memphis /
Documents the story of assassin, James Earl Ray, his target, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the seething, turbulent forces in American society that led these two men to their violent and tragic collision in Memphis in April of 1968. Explores the wildly disparate, yet fatefully entwined stories of...
| Uniform Title: | American experience (Television program). |
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| Corporate Authors: | , , |
| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. |
| Published: |
[Boston] :
WGBH Educational Foundation :
[2010]
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| Series: | American experience series.
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| Summary: | Documents the story of assassin, James Earl Ray, his target, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the seething, turbulent forces in American society that led these two men to their violent and tragic collision in Memphis in April of 1968. Explores the wildly disparate, yet fatefully entwined stories of Ray and King to create a complex, engaging, and thought-provoking portrait of America in that crisis-laden year. |
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| Item Description: | Special feature: bonus video: Writing American history, interview with Hampton Sides. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; NTSC; widescreen; region 1; 5.1 surround. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, Rafael de la Uz ... [et al.] ; editing, George O'Donnell ; music, Peter Rundquist. |
| ISBN: | 1608832112 9781608832118 |