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Diggers

Author: Roman J Foster; Brock Peters; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.); WNYC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.); Diggers Productions.
Publisher: New York, NY : R.J. Foster, [2007?].
Edition/Format:   DVD video : VHS tape : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Combining archival footage, still photographs, and recent interviews with surviving diggers, tells the story of one hundred thousand Black men from the West Indies who built the Panama Canal.
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Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Roman J Foster; Brock Peters; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.); WNYC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.); Diggers Productions.
OCLC Number: 163585335
Notes: Originally produced as a documentary film in 1985.
"Produced by Roman J. Foster and Diggers Production"--accompanying material.
Credits: Camera, Richard Adams, Vincent Galindez, Karma Stanley ; editor, Joseph Burton ; music, Ken McIntyre.
Performer(s): Narrator: Brock Peters.
Description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., color & b&w. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.)
Details: DVD; content transfered from VHS.
Responsibility: WNYC New York presents ; a Roman J. Foster film ; produced and directed by Roman J. Foster ; narration written by Mel Williamson.

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Combining archival footage, still photographs, and recent interviews with surviving diggers, tells the story of one hundred thousand Black men from the West Indies who built the Panama Canal.

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