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Frederick Douglass: An American Life

  • 1985
  • 31m
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Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985)
BiographyDocumentaryShort

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  • Director
    • William Greaves
  • Writers
    • William Greaves
    • Lou Potter
  • Stars
    • Hugh Morgan
    • Jacqueline Scates
    • Danny Wooten
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    • Director
      • William Greaves
    • Writers
      • William Greaves
      • Lou Potter
    • Stars
      • Hugh Morgan
      • Jacqueline Scates
      • Danny Wooten
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    Hugh Morgan
    • Frederick Douglass
    Jacqueline Scates
    • Helen Pitts Douglass
    Danny Wooten
    Danny Wooten
    • Frederick Douglass as a child
    • (as Daniel Wooten Jr.)
    R.P. Montgomery
    • Frederick Douglass as a young man
    Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
    Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
    • Anna Douglass
    • (as Phyllis Stickney)
    William Curtis
    • William Lloyd Garrison
    Janet Ellis
    • Julia Griffith
    Ebony Jo-Ann
    • Harriet Tubman
    Lee Moore
    • John Brown
    Don Plumley
    • Hern
    Charles Reid
    • Abraham Lincoln
    Stephanie Berry
    • Rosetta Douglass
    • Director
      • William Greaves
    • Writers
      • William Greaves
      • Lou Potter
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    Excellent, concise biopic

    Noted documentarist (and experimental film director) William Greaves made this fine short movie about Frederick Douglass, shown recently on PBS as part of Black History Month programming.

    Sponsored by the National Park Service, it benefits mightily from a great performance by Hugh Morgan as Douglass, avoiding histrionics and using his stentorian voice to great advantage. For a low-budget project, his wigs and makeup are superior to most Hollywood blockbuster dramas where the aging effects usually are distracting and phony looking.

    Told in flashbacks from an elderly white-haired Douglass thoughtful at his desk, the half-hour movie features brief scenes of Douglass with famous personages like Lincoln, John Brown, Harriet Tubman and William Lloyd Garrison, nicely personified by an ensemble cast.

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      • 1985 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • William Greaves Productions
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