Seizing Justice: The Greensboro 4 (2010)
- Directed by
- Lynn Kessler
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 47 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary tells the story of four Black college students who started a sit-in at a Greensboro lunch counter in 1960 to protest segregation. It uses interviews with three of the men and historians to recount their actions and the impact they had.
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What happens
Seizing Justice: The Greensboro 4 is a 2010 television documentary film by Lynn Kessler for the Smithsonian Channel. It tells the story of The Greensboro Four through photographs, archival footage and interviews from Joseph McNeil, David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Jibreel Khazan, three of the four men who began the sit-in at Woolworth's in 1960 to protest segregation practices. The film also includes interviews from historians from the Smithsonian Museum of American History and civil right leader and congressman John Lewis. The film aired on July 25, 2010 on the Smithsonian Channel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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