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Poster for A Place of Our Own

A Place of Our Own

English / 2004 / 54m

Not streamingNot currently on the Criterion Channel.

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's look back at the 40 years he spent summering at Oak Bluffs, a black-oriented resort community on Martha's Vineyard.

Included in
February 2022
Position 55
Included in
Black History Rising: Documentaries by Stanley Nelson
Position 2

Credits

Crew

DirectorStanley Nelson

WriterStanley Nelson, Marcia Smith

CinematographerCarol Bash

ComposerKathryn Bostic

EditorSandra Christie, Helen Yum

ProducerStanley Nelson, Carlos R. Bermúdez

Cast

Stanley Nelsonas Self - Narrator (voice)

Cecelia Antoinetteas Storyteller

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.as Self (as Henry Louis Gates)

Lani Guinieras Self

Manning Marableas Self

Stanley Nelson Sr.as Self

Liel Nelsonas Self (archive footage)

Isabel Powellas Self

A Place of Our Own (2004) | Criteria