I Am Somebody (1970)

Directed by

Madeline Anderson

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

30 min

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1970 short documentary follows Black hospital workers on strike in Charleston, South Carolina. It shows how they organized for better wages and working conditions while linking their fight to the broader civil rights movement.

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What happens

I Am Somebody is a 1970 short political documentary by Madeline Anderson about black hospital workers on strike in Charleston, South Carolina. This was the first half-hour documentary film by an African-American woman in the film industry union. This film is one of the first to link black women and the fight for civil rights. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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