DVD
Booker's place : a Mississippi story
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Featuring: Frank De Felitta, Yvette Johnson, Leroy Jones, David Jordan, William Winter, Hodding Carter III.
Publication Information
[New York] : Distributed by New Video, c2012.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
In 1966, Frank De Felitta made a documentary for NBC News about life for Southerners in Mississippi. The content of the film upset many white Southerners and led to the beating of a black man, Booker Wright, the loss of his job, and eventually his murder. Forty-six years later, Booker's granddaughter, Yvette Johnson, and Frank's son, director Raymond De Felitta, are on a quest to discover who Booker was and how he changed life for black people.
Notes
Title from container.
DVD release of the 2012 documentary.
Bonus features: An interview with director Raymond De Felitta ; "The streets of Greenwood," a short film by Jack Willis, John Reavis and Fred Wardenburg ; additional scenes with commentary.