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Heather Booth: Changing the World (2017)
Directed by Lilly Rivlin
“Heather Booth is the most influential organizer you have never heard of.”
Documentary · 1h 00m
Heather Booth is the most influential person you have heard of. The newest film by critically acclaimed filmmaker Lilly Rivlin, HEATHER BOOTH: CHANGING THE WORLD is an urgent response to the recent election of Trump and all that has ensued. At a time when many are wondering how to make their voices heard, when civil and women’s rights are under attack, this empowering documentary is an inspiring look at how social change happens. Heather Booth, a renowned organizer and activist, began her remarkable career at the height of the Civil Rights movement. Through her life and work this inspiring film explores many of the most pivotal moments in progressive movements that altered our history over the last fifty years: from her involvement with Fannie Lou Hamer and the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, to her founding of the JANE Underground in 1964, to her collaborations with respected leaders such as Julian Bond and Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Cast
Elizabeth Warren
Crew
- Director
- Lilly Rivlin
- Writer
- Margaret Murphy
- Editor
- Pola Rapaport
Details
- Release date
- 2017-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 00m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Women Make Movies