eVideo
hoopla Instant
Fundi
Year
1981
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
48m
Rating
NR
CC
Performers
Harry Belafonte
Directed By
Joanne Grant
Written By
Joanne Grant
Publication Information
Icarus Films
Summary
FUNDI: THE STORY OF ELLA BAKER reveals the instrumental role that Ella Baker, a friend and advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., played in shaping the American civil rights movement. The dynamic activist was affectionately known as the Fundi, a Swahili word for a person who passes skills from one generation to another. By looking at the 1960s from the perspective of Ella Baker, the "godmother of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee," FUNDI adds an essential understanding of the U.S. civil rights movement.