A Place of Our Own

Name: A Place of Our Own
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004-02-11
Duration: 54 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Stanley Nelson, Cecelia Antoinette, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Lani Guinier, Manning Marable

February 11, 2004
Directed by
Stanley Nelson

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.

Last Updated: December 10, 2025

Cast

Stanley Nelson

Self - Narrator (voice)

Cecelia Antoinette

Storyteller

A Place of Our Own

February 11, 2004
Directed by
Stanley Nelson

Cast

Stanley Nelson

Self - Narrator (voice)

Cecelia Antoinette

Storyteller

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Self (as Henry Louis Gates)

Lani Guinier

Self

Manning Marable

Self

Stanley Nelson Sr.

Self

Liel Nelson

Self (archive footage)

Isabel Powell

Self

A Place of Our Own

February 11, 2004Directed byStanley Nelson

Cast

Stanley Nelson

Self - Narrator (voice)

Cecelia Antoinette

Storyteller

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Self (as Henry Louis Gates)

Lani Guinier

Self

Manning Marable

Self

Stanley Nelson Sr.

Self

Liel Nelson

Self (archive footage)

Isabel Powell

Self

February 11, 2004
Directed by
Stanley Nelson