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The annotated field guide of Ulysses S. Grant

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Statement Of Responsibility A:
created by Jim Finn ; produced by Cat Mazza ; Video Data Bank presents.
Imprint Main A:
Chicago, IL : Video Data Bank, [2021]
Resource Type A:
Video
Physical Media A:
Blu-ray

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Lilly Library — A-V DVD

Call Number
DVD 34018
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Available

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Summary

For four years in the 1860's, half of the United States was held hostage by an unrecognized white supremacist republic. Shot on 16mm in national military parks, swamps, forests and the suburban sprawl across the former battlefields, the film follows General Grant's path liberating the southern United States. Part travelogue, part essay film, part landscape documentary, it moves from the Texas-Louisiana border to a prison island off the coast of New England. But instead of relying on actors, vintage photos, and the sounds of bullets and explosions, the battles are illustrated with the paper reenactments of hex & counter wargames and bubblegum cards from the hobbyist gamer subcultures that have sprung up around the Civil War. The sound and music are inspired by 1970's crime films to celebrate the destruction of the Confederacy with the synth jams they deserve.

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Published:
Chicago, IL : Video Data Bank, [2021]
©2020
Language:
English
Credits:
Photography, Jim Finn ; soundtrack, Colleen Burke.
Notes:
Originally produced in 2020.
Title from disc label.
Cataloged from disc label and Video Data Bank website.
In English; Closed-captioned.
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 61 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description Details:
Color characteristics: polychrome
Recording type: digital
Recording medium: optical
Channels: stereo
File type: video file
Regional encoding: region B (Blu-ray)
File format: Blu-ray
OCLC Number:
1256821687
System ID:
009967015
Bookplate:
Gift of the George Washington Flowers Endowment Fund

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