I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)

Directed by Pat Hartley1h 32mDocumentary,History

Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades. From Selma and Birmingham and Atlanta; to the battleground beaches of St. Augustine, Florida, with Chinua Achebe; and back north for a visit to Newark with Amiri Baraka, Baldwin lays bare the fiction of progress in post–Civil Rights America, wondering “what happened to the children” and those 'who did not die, but whose lives were smashed on Freedom Road'.

Year
1982
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
3 March 1982
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7.0 (3)
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James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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David Baldwin
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Chinua Achebe
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Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka
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Sterling Brown
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David Dennis
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Hoyt Fuller
Self
O
Oretha Castle Haley
Self
L
Lonnie King
Self
A
Amanda Bowens Perdew
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C
Charles Sherrod
Self
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
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H
Hosea Williams
Self

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