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Personal problems
- Title
- Personal problems / directed by Bill Gunn.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Kino Classics, [2018]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | Sc BLURAY-32 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (164 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. +
- Summary
- The extraordinary, rough-edged ensemble piece explores black working-class lives with candor and emotional intensity and features a who's who of important artists.
- Uniform Title
- Personal problems (Motion picture : 1979)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Feature films.
- Note
- Accompanied by booklet featuring an introduction by Ishmael Reed and Improvisation jamming, an essay by Nicholas Forster on the production and release of the film.
- Special features: previously unseen preliminary version, directed by Bill Gunn in 1979 (39 Min.); deleted and extended scenes; original six-part radio drama (1977); interviews with creators Ishmael Reed, Steve Cannon, and actor Sam Waymon; Q&A footage from the restoration premiere (2018); theatrical trailer.
- Originally releasedin the United States as a motion picture in 1980-1981.
- One film in two parts.
- Credits (note)
- Producer, Walter Cotton ; director of photography, Roberto Polidori ; editors, Bill Gunn, Walter Cotton, Roberto Polidori, Kip Hanrahan, Niamani Mutima ; music, Carman Moore ; Ishmael Reed, Steve Cannon present ; original idea by Ishmael Reed.
- Performer (note)
- Verta Mae Grosvenor, Walter Cotton, Jim Wright, Sam Waymon, Bill Gunn, Thommie Blackwel.
- System Details (note)
- Blu-ray, all regions;1920x1080p (1.33:1)
- Call Number
- Sc BLURAY-32
- LCCN
- 738329231606
- OCLC
- 1045427155
- Title
- Personal problems / directed by Bill Gunn.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Kino Classics, [2018]
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file Blu-ray
- Cast
- Verta Mae Grosvenor, Walter Cotton, Jim Wright, Sam Waymon, Bill Gunn, Thommie Blackwel.
- Credits
- Producer, Walter Cotton ; director of photography, Roberto Polidori ; editors, Bill Gunn, Walter Cotton, Roberto Polidori, Kip Hanrahan, Niamani Mutima ; music, Carman Moore ; Ishmael Reed, Steve Cannon present ; original idea by Ishmael Reed.
- System Details
- Blu-ray, all regions;1920x1080p (1.33:1)
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- Added Author
- Gunn, Bill, 1934-1989, film director, actor.Reed, Ishmael, 1938- screenwriter, presenter.Cannon, Steve, 1935-2019, presenter.Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae, actor.Cotton, Walter, actor, producer.Waymon, Sam, actor.Kino Classics (Firm), publisher.
- Added Title
- Container of (work): Personal problems (Motion picture : 1979)
- Other Standard Identifier
- 738329231606
- Publisher No.
- K23160 Kino Classics
- Research Call Number
- Sc BLURAY-32