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Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? (1986)

Documentary
Release Date: 1986, January 1
Directors: William Greaves
Countries: United States of America
Cast: Clifton R. Wharton Jr., Lerone Bennett Jr., Florynce Kennedy, Franklin A. Thomas, June Jackson Christmas, Charles V. Hamilton, Richard Hatcher, Eleanor Holmes Norton

Overview:

The film questions whether the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s effectively changed the Black community, and American society more widely, and examines the notion of Black power itself. Greaves interviewed major Black leaders, such as Franklin Thomas, Clifton Wharton Jr., Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Lerone Bennett Jr. to present a candid take on issues within the African American community, revealing wider societal problems in America at large.

Keywords:

activism civil rights