Freedom Riders

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2011

INTERNATIONAL INVITATION

Stanley Nelson | USA l 2010 l Documentary l Beta l Color l 114 min

SYNOPSIS

Freedom Ridersis the first feature-length film about a courageous band of civil rights activists who called themselves the Freedom Riders. They challenged segregation in interstate transport in the American South during the spring and summer of 1961. The attention themovement generated caused the federal government to take down Jim Crow signs of “whites only” and “colored only,” allowing every American to travel freely—a legacy we enjoy today. This film documents a crucial chapter in the history of the American Civil Rights Movement that speaks to everyone who has suffered injustice.

DIRECTOR

Stanley Nelson

1999 < The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords >

2000 < Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind >

2004 < A Place of Our Own >

2005 < Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice >

2006 < Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple >

2009 < Wounded Knee >