Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
1986•NR•58m•6.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
William Greaves
Writer
William Greaves
Languages
English
Cast
William Greaves
Narrator/Interviewer
Lerone Bennett Jr.
Self
Florynce Kennedy
Self
Franklin A. Thomas
Self
June Jackson Christmas
Self
Charles V. Hamilton
Self
Richard Hatcher
Self
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Self
Clifton R. Wharton Jr.
Self
Production
Producer
William Greaves
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