01663cgm a2200277 4500 517047944 TxAuBib 20190920120000.0 190920s2019||||||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 9781531709082 1531709087 841887040839 TxAuBib Sammy Davis JR [DVD] : I've Gotta be Me / produced by Sally Rosenthal and Michael Kantor ; edited by Steven Wechsler ; written by Laurence Maslon directed by Sam Pollard ; a production of Thirteen Productions LLC's American masters for WNET; in coproduction with ZDF ; in collaboration with ARTE. Arlington, Virginia : PBS, 2019. 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. Special features: Being black in America; Persona; Sammy's funeral; Star. Examines entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.'s journey to create his own identity, as a black man who embraced Judaism, through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress; a veteran of increasingly outdated show business traditions, he strove to stay relevant, even as he found himself bracketed by the bigotry of white America and the distaste of black America. Features new interviews with Billy Crystal, Norman Lear, Jerry Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg, Kim Novak, and others, with photographs from Davis's personal collection and performance footage.-Back cover. DVD. 20190920. Davis, Sammy Jr. 1925-1990. Videodiscs. Entertainers. DVD Digital Video Disc. BTCLS