Synopsis
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'.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- James BaldwinWriter
- Pat HartleyDirector
- Dick FontaineDirector
Cast
- James BaldwinCast
- David BaldwinCast
- Chinua AchebeSelf
- Amiri BarakaSelf
- Sterling BrownSelf
- David DennisSelf
- Hoyt FullerSelf
- Oretha Castle HaleySelf
- Lonnie KingSelf
- Amanda Bowens PerdewSelf
- Charles SherrodSelf
- Fred Lee ShuttlesworthSelf
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Themes
race politicscivil rightsprotest marchblack historydeep southjames baldwinafrican american communityamerican politicsinstitutional racism