02799cgm a2200589 4500 412665632 TxAuBib 20200131120000.0 030512t20032002||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 9780792189107 $29.99 0792189108 $29.99 097368037847 803784 Paramount (OCoLC)966155627 TxAuBib 10,000 black men named George [Video] / Paramount Pictures presents Dufferin Gate Productions, Paramount Network Television and Paramount Television ; producer, Michelle Mundy ; writer, Cyrus Nowrasteh ; director, Robert Townsend. Ten thousand black men named George. Hollywood, Calif : Paramount, [2003] ©2002. 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. Based on the novel, "A long hard journey" by Frederick McKissack. Director of photography, Edward Pei ; editors, Katina Zinner, Peter Zinner ; costume designer, Joyce Schure. Andre Braugher, Karen Eyo, Charles S. Dutton, Mario Van Peebles, Ardon Bess, Carla Brothers, Kedar Brown, Amanda Brugel, Joel Gordon. The true story of the formation of the first black-controlled union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Asa Philip Randolph, a black journalist establishes a voice for the forgotten workers of the Pullman Rail Company, where all black porters were simply named "George", after George Pullman, the first person to employ emancipated slaves. MPAA rating: R; for language and brief nudity. DVD, Region 1 encoding. Home use only. 20200131. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Image Awards, 2003: Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special (Charles Dutton.) Porters Drama. Porters Labor unions. Films for the hearing impaired. Mundy, Michelle. Nowrasteh, Cyrus. Townsend, Robert C. Braugher, Andre. Eyo, Karen. Dutton, Charles S.,. Van Peebles, Mario. Bess, Ardon. Brothers, Carla. Brown, Kedar. Brugel, Amanda, 1978- Gordon, Joel, 1975- McKissack, Fredrick. Paramount Pictures Corporation. Dufferin Gate Productions (Firm). Paramount Network Television (Firm). Paramount Television.