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The underground railroad

Cora, fleeing slavery, embarks on a treacherous quest for freedom and is menaced by violence, supported by a clandestine community fighting for liberation, and haunted by the people she loses along the way.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jenkins, Barry, 1979- (Author, Television director, Screenwriter)
Other Authors:	Hoyt, Jacqueline (Screenwriter), Parker, Nathan C. (Screenwriter), Davis, Allison, (Producer) (Screenwriter, Television producer), Rush, Adrienne (Screenwriter), Crowther, Jihan (Screenwriter), Mbedu, Thuso, 1991- (Actor), Dillon, Chase W. (Actor), Edgerton, Joel, 1974- (Actor), Hechinger, Fred (Actor), Mullan, Peter (Actor), Atim, Sheila, 1992- (Actor), De Landro, Valentine (Illustrator), Whitehead, Colson, 1969-
Format:	Videos DVD
Language:	English
Published:	New York : The Criterion Collection, [2024]
Edition:	DVD special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 1223.
Subjects:	Underground Railroad > Drama. Fugitive slaves > United States > Drama. United States > History > 19th century > Drama. Historical television programs. Television mini-series. Television adaptations. Fiction television programs. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:	Cora, fleeing slavery, embarks on a treacherous quest for freedom and is menaced by violence, supported by a clandestine community fighting for liberation, and haunted by the people she loses along the way.
Item Description:	Wide screen. Adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning 2016 novel. Special features: New audio commentary featuring Jenkins and, on select chapters, cinematographer James Laxton and lead editor Joi McMillon, with an introduction by the director; New graphic-novel adaptation of "Genesis," an unfilmed chapter of The Underground Railroad written by Jenkins and Nathan C. Parker, drawn by Valentine De Landro, with an introduction by Jenkins ; The Gaze, a companion film by Jenkins, with a new introduction by the director ; Deleted scenes, with a statement by Jenkins ; Seven teasers made by Jenkins, with a new introduction by the director ; Building "The Underground Railroad," a short program featuring Jenkins and production designer Mark Friedberg discussing the creation of the train-station sets ; An essay by critic Angelica Jade Bastién.
Physical Description:	4 videodiscs (585 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm) + 1 pamphlet (folded : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Format:	DVD; region 1 NTSC; widescreen (1.78:1, 2.39:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; described video; color.
Production Credits:	Director, Barry Jenkins.
ISBN:	9798886071542