Cora unashamed
Title:
Cora unashamed
JLCTITLE245:
produced by Marian Rees ; screenplay by Ann Peacock ; directed by Deborah M. Pratt ; ALT Films ; WGBH Boston ; PBS.
Edition:
Standard format.
Publication Information:
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, ©2005.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781415709245
Series:
General Note:
Originally produced as an episode of the television program ExxonMobil Masterpiece theatre's American collection in 2000.
Based on the short story Cora unashamed by Langston Hughes.
Abstract:
A town's lone African American woman is surrounded by social isolation and deep-seated racism while working as a housekeeper. Set in rural Iowa in the early 1900s, Cora is confronted with death, abortion and loneliness. Working as a domestic, she lives only for her daughter and the neglected child of her employers.
Reading Level:
Not rated PBS Home Video.
Added Corporate Author:
Added Uniform Title:
Exxon Mobil Masterpiece Theatre's American collection.
Credits:
Director of photography, Ernest Holzmann ; editor, Debra I. Moore ; music, Patrice Rushen.
Performer:
Regina Taylor, Cherry Jones, Ellen Muth, Michael Gaston, Kohl Sudduth, Arlen Dean Snyder, C.C.H. Pounder.
Technical Details:
DVD; Dolby digital; region 1.
Language:
Soundtrack in English.
Closed-captioned.