Almos' a Man

Series: American Short Story Series

Duration: 39

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1977

Creator: Learning In Focus; Perspective Films; Coronet

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Robert Geller (producer); Stan Latham

Description: Sound accompaniment compatible for manual and automatic operation Adapted from the motion picture of the same title Script adaptation, Richard P. Creyke An adaptation of the story of the same title by Richard Wright about a Black, teenage farmworker, who, faced with the prospect of working to pay for a mule he has accidentally killed, and armed with vague notions of manhood, escapes from the farm

Complete Record: Adapts the short story of the same title by Richard Wright about David, a black teenaged farm worker in the Deep South during the late 1930s. Dramatizes David's struggle for identity as a man as he persuades his mother to let him buy a gun, accidently kills a mule, suffers humiliation from his father and landlord, and hops a passing train with hopes of a new life. Features LaVar Burton as David. Includes an introduction which suggests similarities between David and Richard Wright, himself., Faced with the prospect of working to pay for a mule he has accidentally killed, a Black teenage farmworker, armed with vague notions of manhood, escapes from the farm. , Faced with the prospect of working to pay for a mule he has accidentally killed, a teenager farmworker, armed with a vague notion of manhood, escapes from the farm. Based on the story by Richard Wright. Features LaVar Burton.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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