Underplayed Gems

You Got to Move (1985)

You Got to Move poster
Directed by
Lucy Massie Phenix, Veronica Selver
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This documentary follows people in the Southern United States who became involved in social change. Their paths connect to the Highlander Folk School, a center for education and activism. The film includes folk, country and gospel music from the region.

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What happens

You Got to Move is a 1985 documentary by Lucy Massie Phenix and Veronica Selver that follows people from communities in the Southern United States in their various processes of becoming involved in social change. The film's centerpiece is the Highlander Folk School (now known as Highlander Research and Education Center), a now 93 year-old center for education and social action that was somehow involved in each of the lives chronicled in the documentary. You Got to Move features folk, country and gospel music from the Southern United States and in fact takes its name from an old spiritual. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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