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We Shall Overcome

Plot: A documentary on the iconic song "We Shall Overcome" and its important legacy in the American Civil Rights movement, echoing all over the world as a recognizable song of struggle against social injustices. Singers and activists talk about its origins, used during a workers strike in the mid 1940's, and how the lyrics and its significance slightly changed in the next decades
Release Date: Sunday, January 1 1988
37 years ago
Genres: Documentary
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Portrait of Harry BelafonteHarry Belafonte. Harry Belafonte was 61 in We Shall Overcome as 'Self - Narrator'.
Birthday: Tue, Mar 01 1927 –
Died: Tue, Apr 25 2023
Portrait of Joan BaezJoan Baez. Joan Baez was 47 in We Shall Overcome as 'Self'.
Birthday: Thu, Jan 09 1941

Crew

Portrait of Jim BrownJim Brown. Jim Brown was 38 in We Shall Overcome as 'Director, Director of Photography'
Birthday: Wed, Jun 07 1950
Portrait of Ginger BrownGinger Brown. Ginger Brown was >> in We Shall Overcome as 'Producer'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Jim BrownJim Brown. Jim Brown was 52 in We Shall Overcome as 'Producer'
Birthday: Mon, Feb 17 1936 –
Died: Thu, May 18 2023
Portrait of Harold LeventhalHarold Leventhal. Harold Leventhal was >> in We Shall Overcome as 'Producer'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of George C. StoneyGeorge C. Stoney. George C. Stoney was 72 in We Shall Overcome as 'Producer'
Birthday: Sat, Jul 01 1916 –
Died: Thu, Jul 12 2012
Portrait of Kenneth LevisKenneth Levis. Kenneth Levis was >> in We Shall Overcome as 'Editor'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday