I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Synopsis

Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades. From Selma and Birmingham and Atlanta; to the battleground beaches of St. Augustine, Florida, with Chinua Achebe; and back north for a visit to Newark with Amiri Baraka, Baldwin lays bare the fiction of progress in post–Civil Rights America, wondering “what happened to the children” and those 'who did not die, but whose lives were smashed on Freedom Road'.

Main Cast

James Baldwin

Age : 63 | Popularity : 3%

David Baldwin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Chinua Achebe

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Amiri Baraka

Self

Age : 79 | Popularity : 7%

Charles Sherrod

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Dick Fontaine Pat Hartley
Writing	Writer	James Baldwin
Crew	Cinematography	Ivan Strasburg
Editing	Assistant Editor	Nigel Mercer
Production	Producer	Dick Fontaine Pat Hartley
Department	Role	Name

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