10,000 Black Men Named George
Paramount Pictures (2002)
Drama
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097368037847
IMDB   6.5
1 hr 29 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Mario Van Peebles Ashley Totten
Charles S. Dutton Milton Webster
Andre Braugher A. Philip Randolph (as André Braugher)
Brock Peters Leon Frey
Carla Brothers Lucille Randolph
Kenneth J. McGregor Barton Davis (as Kenneth McGregor)
Ellen Holly Selena Frey
Ernestine Jackson Mrs. Randolph
Ardon Bess Daddy Moore
Ordena Stephens Sandi Totten
Kenneth McGregor Barton Davis
Karen Eyo
Charles Dutton
Joel Gordon
Director
Robert Townsend
Producer Michelle Mundy
Andre Braugher
Lena Cordina
Writer Cyrus Nowrasteh

A true story of a railroad revolution.

When the Great Depression struck America in the 1920s finding work was hard, but if you were poor and black it was virtually impossible.

Working as a porter for the Pullman Rail Company was an option, but it meant taking home a third as much as white employees and working some days for free. you could forget about being called by your real name - all black porters were simply called "George" after George Pullman, the first person to employ emancipated slaves.

Asa Philip Randolph, a black journalist and educated socialist trying to establish a voice for these forgotten workers, agrees to fight for the Pullman porters' cause and form the first black union in America. Livelihoods and lives would be put at risk in the attempt to gain 10,000 signatures of the men known only as "George." This is the true story of how a courageous leader came to be known as "the most dangerous man in America."
Edition Details
Distributor Paramount
Chapters 14
Release Date 8/12/2003
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 Color
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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