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Freedom Summer (2014)

Freedom Summer poster
Directed by
Stanley Nelson Jr.
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary covers the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer campaign. It focuses on the efforts of civil rights activists to register African American voters in the face of violent opposition.

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What happens

Freedom Summer is a 2014 American documentary film, written, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson Jr. The film had its world premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 2014. It won the Best Documentary award at 2014 Pan African Film Festival. The film had its U.S. television premiere at PBS on June 24, 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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