I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)

Directed by

Dick Fontaine

Genre

documentary, history

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

James Baldwin travels through the American South to examine the civil rights movement and its lingering effects. He speaks with activists and ordinary people about their experiences and the state of racial progress.

contemplativeintrospectivereflectivemeditativeconversationalnostalgicanalyticalslow-paced

What happens

I Heard It Through the Grapevine is a 1982 documentary film starring James Baldwin and directed by Dick Fontaine and Pat Hartley. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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