DVD
I am somebody : three films by Madeline Anderson.
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Publication Information
[Brooklyn, NY] : Icarus Films Home Video
Physical Description
1 videodisc (65 minutes) : sound, black & white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Newly preserved and available together for the first time, Madeline Anderson's Integration Report 1 (1960), A Tribute to Malcolm X (1967), and I Am Somebody (1970) bring viewers to the front lines of the fight for civil rights. In 1969, 400 black female hospital workers in Charleston, South Carolina, went on strike--only to be confronted with the National Guard. Commissioned by New York's Drug and Hospital Union, Local 1199, I Am Somebody features Andrew Young, Charles Abernathy, and Coretta Scott King. With a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., protest songs sung by Maya Angelou, and footage by Albert Maysles and Ricky Leacock, Integration Report 1 examines the struggle for black equality in Montgomery, Alabama, Brooklyn, New York, and Washington, D.C. A Tribute to Malcolm X, made for the Williams Greaves-produced WNET program Black Journal, includes an interview with Malcolm X's widow Dr. Betty Shabazz, conducted shortly after his 1965 assassination. A testament to the courage of the workers at the heart of her films as well as her own bravery, tenacity and skill, the films of Madeline Anderson are essential historical records of activism and a vital body of cinematic work.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally produced as three short films from 1960-1970.
"I am somebody" National Film Registry.
Extras: An oral history interview ; Celebrate Moe!
Contents
- I am somebody Integration report 1 Tribute to Malcolm X