DVD
2 of 2 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection
- WASHINGTON SQUARE: Audiovisual Collection
Lovecraft country. The complete first season
Call Number
- DVD TV SERIES (CEN, WSQ)
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Kenneth Williams, Abbey Lee, Aunjanue Ellis, Wunmi Mosaku, Jada Harris, Jamie Chung.
Publication Information
[Burbank, California] : Warner Bros. Entertainment, [2021]
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (590 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
A Korean War veteran in search of his father travels across 1950s Jim Crow America with his childhood friend and uncle. Their journey soon becomes a struggle to survive as they battle racist terrors and monsters that could be ripped from an H.P. Lovecraft paperback.
Notes
Based on the novel by Matt Ruff.
Originally broadcast as individual episodes on HBO in 2020.
Special features: Orithyia Blue and the imagination of Diana Freeman ; Lovecraft country: compendium of horrors ; HBO special: Crafting Lovecraft country ; eight Exploring Lovecraft country featurettes ; four Lovecraft country the craft featurettes.
Contents
- Sundown ; Whitey's on the moon ; Holy ghost
- History of violence ; Strange case ; Meet me in Daegu ; 1 am
- Jig-a-bobo ; Rewind 1921 ; Full circle.
Subjects
- African Americans > Drama.
- African Americans > Social conditions > 20th century > Drama.
- Occultists > Drama.
- Cults > Drama.
- Cult members > Drama.
- Missing persons > Drama.
- Fathers and sons > Drama.
- Race relations > History > 20th century > Drama.
- Racism > United States > History > 20th century > Drama.
- United States > Race relations > History > 20th century > Drama.
- Ruff, Matt > Television adaptations.
- Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 > Influence > Drama.