Scottsboro [videorecording] : an American tragedy / produced by Daniel Anker and Barak Goodman ; written and directed by Barak Goodman ; WGBH Boston.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2005]Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles:
  • American experience (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Cinematographer, Buddy Squires ; editor, Jean Tsien ; music, Edward Bilous ; narrator, Andr B̌raugher.
Narrator, Andr B̌raugher.Summary: "In March 1931, two white women stepped from a boxcar in Paint Rock, Alabama to make a shocking accusation: they had been raped by nine black teenagers on the train. So began one of the most significant legal fights of the twentieth century. The trials of the nine young men would draw North and South into their sharpest conflict since the Civil War, yield two momentous Supreme Court decisions and give birth to the civil rights movement."--Container.Summary: "The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. The case included a frameup, an all-white jury, rushed trials, an attempted lynching, and an angry mob; it is frequently given as an example of an overall miscarriage of justice."--Wikipedia
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Originally broadcast on the PBS program American experience in 2002.

Includes teacher's guide as a PDF document.

Cinematographer, Buddy Squires ; editor, Jean Tsien ; music, Edward Bilous ; narrator, Andr B̌raugher.

Narrator, Andr B̌raugher.

"In March 1931, two white women stepped from a boxcar in Paint Rock, Alabama to make a shocking accusation: they had been raped by nine black teenagers on the train. So began one of the most significant legal fights of the twentieth century. The trials of the nine young men would draw North and South into their sharpest conflict since the Civil War, yield two momentous Supreme Court decisions and give birth to the civil rights movement."--Container.

"The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. The case included a frameup, an all-white jury, rushed trials, an attempted lynching, and an angry mob; it is frequently given as an example of an overall miscarriage of justice."--Wikipedia

Rating: Not rated.

DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen; stereo.

Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.

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