The other side of Eden : stories of a Virginia lynching / a film by Tom Davenport with Shawn Nicholls and Dylan Nicholls ; a Folkstreams, Inc. production ; correspondent, Jim Hall.

Davenport, Tom, (film director.). Hall, Jim (James Edward), 1947- (commentator,, interviewer.). Folkstreams, Inc., (production company,, publisher.).

Summary:

Explores why Shedrick Thompson, a black tenant farmer in Northern Virginia, beat a white landowner unconscious and kidnapped his wife. Two months after the event, his decomposed body was found hanging from a tree -- a death that was officially pronounced a suicide, but was more commonly known as the last lynching in Virginia.

Item details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Delaplane, Virginia?] : Folkstreams, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Documentary. Program content: ©2017.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Correspondent, Jim Hall.
Participant or Performer Note:	Commentator/interviewer, Jim Hall.
System Details Note:	DVD-R (might not be compatible with all players); NTSC; wide screen (16:9) presentation.