#13th film fredercik douglass full#

Whether accompanying the 130-plus slides, providing subtext to DouglassвЂ™ words or filling a dark hall, the 75-voice, multiethnic choir delivers a nuanced and inspirational performance.

In collaboration with Shadow, the Spirituals Project selected nine arrangements from its repertoire, including вЂњGod Save the QueenвЂќ/вЂќMy Country вЂTis of Thee,вЂќ вЂњJohn BrownвЂ™s BodyвЂќ/вЂќThe Battle Hymn of the Republic,вЂќ вЂњGo Down, MosesвЂќ and вЂњAmazing Grace,вЂќ as well as new number вЂњWe Look Like Men of War,вЂќ to fulfill the musical directions in BogradвЂ™s script. вЂ¦ I have often been utterly astonished, since I came to the north, to find persons who could speak of the singing, among slaves, as evidence of their contentment and happiness.вЂќ To those songs I trace my first glimmering conception of the dehumanizing character of slavery.

#13th film fredercik douglass full#

neighborhood), Nickelson finds the intrinsic cadence of the noted oratorвЂ™s rhythmic line, manifesting the full power of DouglassвЂ™ classic rhetorical persuasion.Д®arly on, Douglass explains the perfect logic for spirituals accompanying his words: вЂњEvery tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains. Looking every inch the young вЂњLion of AnacostiaвЂќ (the mature DouglassвЂ™ D.C.

20, 1895.ДЄs the middle-aged Douglass, Jeffrey Nickelson - artistic director of Shadow Theater Company, DenverвЂ™s professional black acting troupe - captures the fiery passion and philosophical brilliance of our countryвЂ™s foremost advocate for equal rights for all persons, regardless of color, sex, education and financial status. Tracing DouglassвЂ™ journey from slave to fugitive to free man, playwright Bograd mines the writings and speeches of the subject - whose eloquence eclipses his equally illustrious contemporary, Abraham Lincoln - from his early 20s to his death at 77 in Washington, D.C., on Feb.