16mm Film – Of Black America – The Heritage Of Slavery 1968

With Fannie Lou Hamer & Lerone Bennett Jr.

Produced and written by Peter Davis

Reporter George Foster

A Production of CBS News

Distributed by BFA

Film Associates

Film ships on two metal reels as shown, Eastman 1968 Faded This is a well used print that belonged to Dept of media services Minneapolis Minnesota. There are splices, Torn perf's & perf repairs, scratches, etc. SOLD AS IS. Not serviced! Very slight smell.The film has been posted on YouTube. (NOT THIS COPY) There may be enough good sections to scan in black and white!

Synopsis:

News documentary from 1968 hosted by George Foster, exploring the legacy of oppression that remains over 100 years after the abolition of that peculiar intitution. In Part 1, Foster visits Charleston, SC and speaks with both descendents of slaves and slave owners. The cameras capture a sermon by Rev. Henry Butler of the Mother Emmanuel AME Church (where Denmark Vesey planned an unsuccessful slave revolt in 1822 and Dylan Roof would later kill 9 church members in 2015). In Part 2, the cameras go to Mississippi to speak with former sharecroppers and political activist FANNIE LOU HAMER. In the final segment, we travel to Chicago, where Prof. JAMES TURNER and activist CALVIN LOCKRIDGE educate young people about revolution. Ebony Magazine editor and historian LERONE BENNETT offers a poignant analogy to describe the times we are in today. 

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LISTED 1/31/2024