Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

Overview

The film questions whether the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s effectively changed the Black community, and American society more widely, and examines the notion of Black power itself. Greaves interviewed major Black leaders, such as Franklin Thomas, Clifton Wharton Jr., Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Lerone Bennett Jr. to present a candid take on issues within the African American community, revealing wider societal problems in America at large.

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Cast

William Greaves

Narrator/Interviewer

Lerone Bennett Jr.

Self

Florynce Kennedy

Self

Franklin A. Thomas

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June Jackson Christmas

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Charles V. Hamilton

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Richard Hatcher

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Eleanor Holmes Norton

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Clifton R. Wharton Jr.

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