DVD
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Full screen version.
Performers
Ken Howard, Lise Hilboldt, Steven Weber.
Publication Information
Thousand Oaks, CA : Monterey Video : Monterey Media, [2007]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
A slave woman switches her light-skinned baby with her master's son to protect him in a time of strong racial prejudice.
Notes
Based on the novel by Mark Twain.
Originally produced for television in 1983.
Subjects
- Slavery > United States > Drama.
- Infants switched at birth > Drama.
- Racism > Drama.
- Mistaken identity > Drama.
- Conduct of life > Drama.
- Role reversal > Drama.
- African Americans > Social conditions > 19th century > Drama.
- Murder > Drama.
- Made-for-TV movies.
- Feature films.
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 > Film and video adaptations.