Although no specific release date or length has been verified for the film, various newspaper articles about director Carleton Moss and notes about screenings, indicate that ts was a short film. In a 2 Dec 1957 CSM article about the National Association of Colored Women, a reference was made to the documentary The House on Cedar Hill indicating that it had been produced under the sponsorship of the association. Following a screening at the Museum of the City of New York in Feb 1960, the picture was shown throughout 1960 in various cities in New York state, often accompanied by a lecture and other short films. Modern sources state that the film was produced in 1953 and had an approximate running time of 18 min.
Frederick Douglass' home, Cedar Hill, located in Washington, D.C., is now a National Historic Site operated by the U.S. National Parks Service. The House on Cedar Hill was the only film directed by prominent African-American writer Carleton Moss (1909--1997). ...
Although no specific release date or length has been verified for the film, various newspaper articles about director Carleton Moss and notes about screenings, indicate that ts was a short film. In a 2 Dec 1957 CSM article about the National Association of Colored Women, a reference was made to the documentary The House on Cedar Hill indicating that it had been produced under the sponsorship of the association. Following a screening at the Museum of the City of New York in Feb 1960, the picture was shown throughout 1960 in various cities in New York state, often accompanied by a lecture and other short films. Modern sources state that the film was produced in 1953 and had an approximate running time of 18 min.
Frederick Douglass' home, Cedar Hill, located in Washington, D.C., is now a National Historic Site operated by the U.S. National Parks Service. The House on Cedar Hill was the only film directed by prominent African-American writer Carleton Moss (1909--1997).
This film is based on the life of Frederick ...
This film is based on the life of Frederick Douglass.
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