Film
We Shall Overcome
1989 · 58m · Documentary
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- 8.5
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Overview
A documentary on the iconic song "We Shall Overcome" and its important legacy in the American Civil Rights movement, echoing all over the world as a recognizable song of struggle against social injustices. Singers and activists talk about its origins, used during a workers strike in the mid 1940's, and how the lyrics and its significance slightly changed in the next decades.
Cast
Crew
- Jim BrownDirector · Director of Photography
- Ginger BrownProducer
- Jim BrownProducer
- Harold LeventhalProducer
- George C. StoneyProducer
- Kenneth LevisEditor
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1989
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Documentary
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