A time for burning.

Duration: 58

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1966

Creator: Lutheran Film Associates

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: L: Limited Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate B: 800' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound 2000 Contemporary Films McGraw-Hill Text Films, A study of racial conflicts and understanding as portrayed in Omaha, Neb., when the pastor of an all-white Augustana Lutheran Church took an initial step toward desegregation

Complete Record: SPONSOR: Lutheran Film Associates. PRODUCTION CO.: Quest Productions. DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS/EDITORS:William C. Jersey, Barbara Connell. MUSIC: Tom Paxton, Ronnie Gilbert. RESOURCES: Copyright 17Oct66MP18678; Edward B. Fiske, “Racial Dispute Relived on Film,” NYT, Sept. 17, 1966, 26; Jack Gould, “TV:Segregation at Communion Rail,” NYT, Oct. 18, 1966, 91; Jack Gould, “The High Price of Serenity onSunday,” NYT, Oct. 30, 1966, D22; Louise Sweeney, “A Time for Burning,” CSM, Feb. 10, 1967, 6. HOLDINGS:AAFF, LC, MacDonald.Cinema verité documentary on race relations. A young minister of a white Lutheran congregationin Omaha, Nebraska, tries to reach out to African Americans but is opposed by hischurch elders and is forced to resign. NOTE: Received an Academy Award nomination for BestFeature Documentary in 1967. Selected for the National Film Registry.., , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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