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Hallelujah
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- Summary
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Infused with spirituals, folk songs, blues, and jazz, Hallelujah follows the fortunes of Zeke, a poor cotton farmer. Love, loss, passion, redemption, make this cinematic milestone the first all-bla...
Infused with spirituals, folk songs, blues, and jazz, Hallelujah follows the fortunes of Zeke, a poor cotton farmer. Love, loss, passion, redemption, make this cinematic milestone the first all-black feature from a major studio.
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- Creator
- a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; a King Vidor production ; scenario by Wanda Tuchock ; story and direction by King Vidor
- Other Title
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- Title on container: King Vidor's Hallelujah
- Included Titles
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- Pie, pie blackbird
- Black network
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [United States] : Turner Entertainment ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2006]
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 1419817124, 9781419817120
- OCLC
- ocm62764687
- Credits
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- Daniels L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney, William Fountaine, Harry Gray, Fanny Belle DeKnight
- Music, Irving Berlin ; director of photography, Gordon Avil ; editor, Hugh Wynn
- Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1929.
- Selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress.
- Special features: commentary by Black Cultural Scholars Donald Bogle and Avery Clayton ; 2 vintage musical shorts featuring the Nicholas Brothers and Hallelujah co-star Nina Mae McKinney: Pie, Pie Blackbird featuring Eubie Blake and band and The Black Network ; theatrical trailer.
- DVD.
- In English with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.