This feature documentary deeply explores Dr. King, his experience, his legacy and the Movement at large through key events – The Montgomery Bus Boycott, The Birmingham Campaign, March on Washington, the Selma Movement and Assassination and Legacy.
A história dos Panteras Negras é frequentemente contada em uma porção de partes reembaladas, muitas vezes representando relatos trágicos e míticos de violência e atividade criminosa. O mestre documentarista Stanley Nelson vai direto à fonte, tecendo um tesouro de filmagens raras com as vozes das pessoas que estavam lá: policiais, informantes do FBI, jornalistas, apoiadores e detratores brancos, e Panteras Negras que permaneceram fiéis ao partido e àqueles quem saiu. Uma história essencial, Os Panteras Negras: Vanguarda da Revolução, é uma crônica vibrante, humana, viva e respirante desse movimento crucial que deu origem a uma nova cultura revolucionária na América.
Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The film tells the story of how the march for jobs and freedom began, speaking to the people who organised and participated in it. Using rarely seen archive footage the film reveals the background stories surrounding the build up to the march as well as the fierce opposition it faced from the JFK administration, J Edgar Hoover's FBI and widespread claims that it would incite racial violence, chaos and disturbance. The film follows the unfolding drama as the march reaches its ultimate triumphs, gaining acceptance from the state, successfully raising funds and in the end, organised and executed peacefully.
This is the story of more than four hundred Americans who participated in a bold and dangerous experiment designed to awaken the conscience of a complacent nation. These self-proclaimed, 'Freedom Riders' challenged the mores of a racially segregated society by performing a disarmingly simple act.
