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Cora unashamed

Summary: A town's lone African American woman is surrounded by social isolation and deep-seated racism while working as a housekeeper. Set in rural Iowa in the early 1900s, Cora is confronted with death, abortion and loneliness. Working as a domestic, she lives only for her daughter and the neglected child of her employers.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1415709246
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
    videodisc
  • Distributor: Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally broadcast on television in 2000.
Based on a short story by Langston Hughes.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Ernest Holzmann ; art director, Paul Steffensen ; editor, Debra I. Moore ; music, Patrice Rushen ; costume designer, Karyn Wagner ; production designer, Marcia Calasio.
Participant or Performer Note: Regina Taylor, Cherry Jones, Michael Gaston, Kohl Sudduth, Arlen Dean Snyder, CCH Pounder, Tinashe Kachungwe, Ben Easter, Tom Woodward.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Subject: Loneliness Iowa Drama
Women household employees Iowa Drama
African American women household employees Drama
Genre: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Made-for-TV movies.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Easton Palmer Branch DVD CORA (Text) 31901002697789 Adult DVD Fiction Available -
Hamlin Library DVD COR (Text) 38427000680216 DVD Available -
Hughes Library DVD COR (Text)
PUBLIC: NEW SHELF AUG. 2007.
32378002621607 Adult DVD Available -

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