Anne Lewis Johnson

Movies

Anne Braden: Southern Patriot
Director
Anne Braden: Southern Patriot is a first person documentary about the extraordinary life of this American civil rights leader. Braden was hailed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail as a white southerner whose rejection of her segregationist upbringing was eloquent and prophetic. Ostracized as a red in the 1950s, she fought for an inclusive movement community and mentored three generations of social justice advocates. Braden’s story explores not only the dangers of racism and political repression but also the power of a woman’s life spent in commitment to social justice.
Justice in the Coalfields
Director
This documentary follows the 1989 United Mine Workers Association (UMWA) strike against the Pittston Coal Company and explores the strike's social, cultural, and economic impact on coalfield communities.
A Strike and an Uprising (in Texas)
Director
An experimental documentary based in the telling of two events: the San Antonio pecan shellers’ strike of 1938 and the Jobs with Justice march led by Nacogdoches cafeteria workers, groundskeepers, and housekeepers in 1987.