MCLINC

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Lawmen: Bass Reeves (Television program)

Title:

Lawmen [videorecording (DVD)] : Bass Reeves / MTV Entertainment Studios presents ; in association with 101 Studios ; created for television by Chad Feehan.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

Hollywood, California : Paramount, [2024]

Description:

3 videodiscs (approximately 361 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

auditory captions

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

The untold story of the most legendary lawman in the Old West: Bass Reeves. This miniseries follows the journey of Bass Reeves and his rise from enslavement to law enforcement as one of the first Black U.S. Deputy Marshals west of the Mississippi. Despite arresting over 3,000 outlaws during his career, the weight of the badge was heavy, and he wrestled with its moral and spiritual cost to his beloved family.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Notes:

DVD ; region 1 ; NTSC ; widescreen.

English (5.1 Dolby Digital) language track ; English SDH.

Special features: A breed apart: production design with Wynn Thomas ; Unbreakable: the legend of Bass Reeves ; The Native American Nations ; Behind the Battle of Pea Ridge ; Building the world of Lawmen: Bass Reeves ; The legend behind the badge ; Behind the stories ; Meet the characters.

Originally broadcast as individual episodes of the television program in 2023 on Paramount+.

Based on the the first two books of The Bass Reeves Trilogy by Sidney Thompson: Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves, and Hell on the Border.

Cast: David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton, Forrest Goodluck, Barry Pepper, Dennis Quaid, Grantham Coleman, Donald Sutherland, Joaquina Kalukango, Lonnie Chavis, Rob Morgan.

Not viewed.

Subjects:

Reeves, Bass.

United States. Marshals Service.

African Americans.

Outlaws.

West (U.S.)

Genre:

Western television programs.

Historical television programs.

Action and adventure television programs.

Television mini-series.