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Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 (1973)

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 (1973)

TV Movie Documentary
Release Date: 1973, June 2
Directors: Anatoliy Semyonov
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Ekran
Cast: Martin Luther King Jr., Jesse Jackson, Paul Robeson, Valentin Zorin, Edward Helms, Robert M. Shelton

Overview:

In the second film, the author tells about the struggle of blacks for the right to feel equal with all US citizens. Commentary of the mayor of Cairo, one of the cities in the American South, about the suppression of the rebels, about the most brutal methods of fighting African American protesters. Jesse Jackson's speech. Jesse Jackson's commentary on the Black Rights Organization. Comments by female residents of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, on the degree of mental development of whites and blacks. A story about the Ku Klux Klan, about Robert Shelton - the head of the Ku Klux Klan. Speech by American singer and dramatic actor Paul Robson, his commentary. Shots of the Olympics, victories in the competition of black athletes. About reprisals against Negro organizations. The widow of the American writer Ernest Hemingway Mary and the American scientist Henry Winston speak out about support for African Americans and the fight against racism.

Keywords:

politics