Frederick Douglass: Slave and Statesman (1983)
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Original Title: Frederick Douglass: Slave and Statesman
Release Date: February 16, 1983
Runtime: 57 minutes
Budget: $0.0
Revenue: $0.0
Overview
This powerful one-person show stars William Marshall (Blacula) as abolitionist and trusted Lincoln advisor Frederick Douglass. Based on Douglass’ essential writings, Sylvia Jarrico’s teleplay dramatizes the highly influential thinker’s life from the period surrounding his birth as an enslaved person through Reconstruction. Dixon trains his incisive video lens directly on Marshall as he addresses the audience, channeling Douglass’ profound insights on slavery, emancipation, suffrage and equal rights for all.
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