General Note: Originally broadcast as part of the PBS television program American Playhouse in 1984.Special features: actor profiles, Gordon Parks' bio, story background, original press, discussion topics.From the autobiography My twelve years as a slave by Solomon Northup.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Hiro Narita ; music composer, Gordon Parks.
Participant or Performer Note: Avery Brooks, Mason Adams, Kent Broadhurst, Lee Bryant, Rhetta Greene, Janet League, Petronia Paley.