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The Watsons go to Birmingham  Cover Image DVD DVD

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.

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.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: [United States] : [publisher not identified], 2013.
  • Distributor: [Santa Monica, CA] : ARC Entertainment, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the book by Christopher Paul Curtis.
DVD release of motion picture originally produced for television in 2013.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, James Chressanthis ; editor, Margie Goodspeed ; music, Mervyn Warren.
Participant or Performer Note:
Anika Noni Rose, Wood Harris, Latanya Richardson Jackson, David Alan Grier, Bryce Clyde Jenkins, Harrison Knight, Skai Jackson.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated by BC Film Classification; rated PG in the US.
System Details Note:
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Home use only.
Copy protected.
Language Note:
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Subject: Curtis, Christopher Paul > Television adaptations.
African American families > Michigan > Flint > Drama.
Racism > United States > Drama.
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963 > Drama.
Civil rights movements > United States > Drama.
Birmingham (Ala.) > Drama.
Genre: Made-for-TV movies.
Television adaptations.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Kimberley Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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