Long Shadows: Museum Object and Cultural History
Long Shadows: Date: 1987. Directed by: Ross Spears, American, born 1947. Written by: Jamie Ross, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
A documentary film with the title Long Shadows. It consists of two (2) reels of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
The documentary explores the enduring effects of the American Civil War in various facets of life, including politics, civil rights, foreign policy, economics etc. Some of the individuals featured are President Jimmy Carter, Robert Traynham Coles, John Hope Franklin, Robert Penn Warren, Tom Wicker, and several other prominent Americans.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1987
- Directed by: Ross Spears, American, born 1947
- Written by: Jamie Ross, American
- Written by: Ross Spears, American, born 1947
- Subject of: President Jimmy Carter, American, born 1924
- Subject of: Robert Traynham Coles, American, 1929 - 2020
- Subject of: John Hope Franklin, American, 1915 - 2009
- Subject of: Albert Murray, American, 1916 - 2013
- Subject of: James Reston Jr., American, born 1941
- Type: sound films
- Type: color films (visual works)
- Type: feature films
- Type: 16mm (photographic film size)
- Medium: polyester film
- Dimensions: Physical extent (film) (Reel 1): 1500 ft
- Dimensions: Duration (digital file's total): 1 hr., 29 min., 3 sec.
- Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Manassas, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Place filmed: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Place filmed: Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Documentary films
- Topic: Economics
- Topic: Emancipation
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Politics
- Object number: 2017.55.73.1ab
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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