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Uncle Tom's Cabin Reconsidered - DVD Video and Source Book
Uncle Tom's Cabin Reconsidered - DVD Video and Source Book
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"5 out of 5: Great resource for an American lit teacher"
- Darcey T.
North Carolina
"My dear friend & I just watched this last night!
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- Claude A.
Washington
“Jiji’s Imaginative Film
"... [is] a skillful condensation of Aiken’s play, combines dramatic scenes performed by accomplished actors, still images drawn from contemporary paintings, periodicals, and original illustrations from published editions of the novel, and popular songs and hymns of the mid-nineteenth century. The result is a powerful visual and auditory experience which reveals the ongoing appeal of a story that helped cause the United States Civil War."
Susan Belasco
Professor of English
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Editor, Stowe in Her Own Time
Co-editor, Approaches to Teaching Uncle Tom’s Cabin
“Vera Jiji has resurrected a gem
"of American and African American history in her production of George Aiken's Uncle Tom's Cabin. While the historical impact of the work has remained in our memories, so has the tarnish the play experienced in its decline in popularity and changing representations of Black people.
In a short and powerful production Jiji has returned luster and value to the work in a way that allows contemporary audiences to experience the play's original import. A MUST SEE FOR STUDENTS, SCHOLARS AND SERIOUS LOVERS OF HISTORY."
R. L'Heureux Lewis, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology & Black Studies Program, CCNY/CUNY
DVD Includes
- 50 minute accurate adaptation of the original Aiken play
- 1903 Edison film of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
- 138 pg. sourcebook with commentary, articles and historical reference materials (searchable/printable PDF)
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