I Heard It Through the Grapevine

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I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)

Directed by Pat Hartley, Dick Fontaine

Documentary, History · 1h 32m

Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades. From Selma and Birmingham and Atlanta; to the battleground beaches of St. Augustine, Florida, with Chinua Achebe; and back north for a visit to Newark with Amiri Baraka, Baldwin lays bare the fiction of progress in post–Civil Rights America, wondering “what happened to the children” and those 'who did not die, but whose lives were smashed on Freedom Road'.

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Cast

James Baldwin
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David Baldwin
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Chinua Achebe Self Amiri Baraka Self
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Sterling Brown Self
D
David Dennis Self
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Hoyt Fuller Self
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Oretha Castle Haley Self
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Lonnie King Self
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Amanda Bowens Perdew Self
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Charles Sherrod Self Fred Lee Shuttlesworth Self

Crew

Director
Pat Hartley, Dick Fontaine
Writer
James Baldwin
Producer
Pat Hartley, Dick Fontaine

Details

Release date
1982-03-03
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Documentary, History
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Living Archives Inc.