"Michael Roemer's groundbreaking first feature, sensitively shot by his close collaborator Robert M. Young, is a still-resonant expression of humanity in the face of virulent prejudice. Made at the height of the civil rights movement, Nothing But A Man reveals the toll of systemic racism through its honest portrait of a southern Black railroad worker confronting the daily challenges of discrimination and economic precarity, as he attempts to settle down with his new wife and track down his father..." --Container.
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ISBN: 9798886071146
Physical Description:1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insertvideodisc
Edition:Director-approved DVD special edition.
Publisher:[New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2024]
General Note: English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).Special features: An introduction to Michael Roemer, a new interview program featuing director Michael Roemer; Conversation from 2004 between Roemer and coproducer and cinematogapher Robert M. Young; Program featuring archival interviews with actors Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, and Julius Harris; An essay by critic Gene Seymour.Full screen (1.37:1).Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Edited by Luke Bennett ; photographed by Robert Young.
Participant or Performer Note: Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Gloria Foster, Julius Harris.