<I>Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1978
name: label: Directed by
content: Jack Smight, American, 1925 - 2003
label: Subject of
content: Claudia McNeil, American, 1917 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Janet MacLachlan, American, 1933 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: Robert Christian, American, 1939 - 1983
label: Subject of
content: Larry B. Scott, American, born 1961
label: Subject of
content: Morgan Freeman, American, born 1937
label: Subject of
content: Lark Ruffin, American
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A dramatic film with the title Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. It consists of three (3) reels of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: Set in Mississippi in 1933, the film follows Cassie Logan (Lark Ruffin) who tells the story of the racial discrimination her family faced during the Great Depression and their attempts to retain the land that has been in their family for three generations. In the opening scenes, Cassie narrates some of the Logans’ family history, including her grandfather purchasing their land which was previously part of the Granger plantation and Mr. Granger's desire to buy the land back from the Logans. She also describes her mother convincing other African Americans in the neighborhood to boycott a store owned by the Wallaces, a hostile white family, and the Wallaces’ violent retaliation.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.106.1abc
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: feature films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 1): 37 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1300 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 35 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1250 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 3): 33 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1200 Feet