I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)
Documentary • History • 1ч 32м
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'.
TMDB rating:
6.5
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Cast
James Baldwin
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David Baldwin
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Chinua Achebe
Self
Amiri Baraka
Self
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Sterling Brown
Self
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David Dennis
Self
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Hoyt Fuller
Self
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Oretha Castle Haley
Self
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Lonnie King
Self
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Amanda Bowens Perdew
Self
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Charles Sherrod
Self
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Self
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Hosea Williams
Self
Crew
James Baldwin
Writer
Pat Hartley
Producer
Nigel Mercer
Assistant Editor
Dick Fontaine
Producer
Ivan Strasburg
Cinematography
Pat Hartley
Director
Dick Fontaine
Director
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