Feature1982·92m·7.0

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

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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'.

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Cast

James Baldwin

David Baldwin

Chinua Achebe

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Amiri Baraka

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Sterling Brown

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David Dennis

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Hoyt Fuller

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Oretha Castle Haley

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Lonnie King

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Amanda Bowens Perdew

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Charles Sherrod

Self

Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

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Hosea Williams

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Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Living Archives Inc.

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Director

Dick Fontaine

Writers

James Baldwin

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