DVD

Cora unashamed / produced by Marian Rees ; screenplay by Ann Peacock ; directed by Deborah M. Pratt ; ALT Films ; WGBH Boston ; PBS.

Taylor, Regina, 1960- (Added Author). Jones, Cherry, 1956- (Added Author). Muth, Ellen, 1981- (Added Author). Gaston, Michael. (Added Author). Sudduth, Kohl. (Added Author). Snyder, Arlen Dean. (Added Author). Pounder, C. C. H. (Added Author). Pratt, Deborah (Deborah M.) (Added Author). Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 (Added Author). Regina Taylor, Cherry Jones, Ellen Muth, Michael Gaston, Kohl Sudduth, Arlen Dean Snyder, C.C.H. Pounder. (Cast).

Summary:

A town's lone African American woman is surrounded by social isolation and deep-seated racism while working as a housekeeper. Set in rural Iowa in the early 1900s, Cora is confronted with death, abortion and loneliness. Working as a domestic, she lives only for her daughter and the neglected child of her employers.

Record details

ISBN: 1415709246
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Alexandria, Va. : PBS Home Video, [2005]
Copyright: ©2005

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as an episode of the television program ExxonMobil Masterpiece theatre's American collection in 2000. Based on the short story Cora unashamed by Langston Hughes.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Ernest Holzmann ; editor, Debra I. Moore ; music, Patrice Rushen.
Participant or Performer Note:	Regina Taylor, Cherry Jones, Ellen Muth, Michael Gaston, Kohl Sudduth, Arlen Dean Snyder, C.C.H. Pounder.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated PBS Home Video.
System Details Note:	DVD; Dolby digital; region 1.
Language Note:	Soundtrack in English. Closed-captioned.