Sud, AMIP, Paradise Films, Chemah I.S. présentent ; en coproduction avec Carré Noir-RTBF Liège, INA ; en association avec La Sept ARTE ; avec la participation de YLE ; un film de Chantal Akerman
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Sud, AMIP, Paradise Films, Chemah I.S. présentent ; en coproduction avec Carré Noir-RTBF Liège, INA ; en association avec La Sept ARTE ; avec la participation de YLE ; un film de Chantal Akerman
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Sud
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
946888744
Responsibility statement
AMIP, Paradise Films, Chemah I.S. présentent ; en coproduction avec Carré Noir-RTBF Liège, INA ; en association avec La Sept ARTE ; avec la participation de YLE ; un film de Chantal Akerman
Runtime
70
Series statement
Chantal Akerman, four films
Summary
Originally planned as a meditation on the American South, the focus of the film was dramatically altered following the brutal, racially-motivated murder of James Byrd Jr., a black man, in Jasper, Texas that took place during its development. Filmmaker Chantal Akerman situates this hate crime within the context of the surrounding community, environment and landscape, documenting the townspeople's reaction to the hate crime through interviews with residents -- black and white
Technique
live action
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SouthChantal Akerman, four films
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- Documentary films
- Motion pictures -- Belgium
- White supremacy movements -- Texas -- Jasper
- African American men + Crimes against -- Texas -- Jasper
- Jasper (Tex.) -- Race relations
- Nonfiction films
- United States -- Race relations
- Byrd, James, Jr., 1949-1998
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Motion pictures -- France
- Jasper (Tex.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Murder -- Texas -- Jasper
- Racism -- Texas -- Jasper
- Hate crimes -- Texas -- Jasper
Content
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- Documentary films
- Motion pictures -- Belgium
- White supremacy movements -- Texas -- Jasper
- African American men + Crimes against -- Texas -- Jasper
- Jasper (Tex.) -- Race relations
- Nonfiction films
- United States -- Race relations
- Byrd, James, Jr., 1949-1998
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Motion pictures -- France
- Jasper (Tex.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Murder -- Texas -- Jasper
- Racism -- Texas -- Jasper
- Hate crimes -- Texas -- Jasper
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