Movie Description
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
(2020)Overview
Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today.
Featured Crew
- Director : Gretchen Sorin,Ric Burns
- Producer : Kathryn Clinard,Emily Pfeil,Emir Lewis
- Editor : Emir Lewis
- Cast : Eric Avila,Tamara Banks,Herb Boyd,Leah Chase,Spencer Crew,Walter Edwards,Lolis Eric Elie,Carolyn Finney,Kathleen Franz,Allyson Hobbs,Kenneth Jackson,Jennifer Reut,Fath Ruffins,Thomas J. Sugrue,Candacy Taylor,Christopher West,Craig Steven Wilder
Cast
Self - Professor of History, UCLA
Self - Journalist
Self - “Black Detroit” Author
Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant
Self - Smithsonian Interim Director
Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance
Self - Writer
Self - Author
Self - Author
Self - Professor of History, Stanford University
Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University
Self - Architectural Historian
Self - Smithsonian Curator
Self - Professor of History, NYU
Self - Author
Self - Professor of History, Pasadena City College
Professor of History, MIT
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Facts
Original TitleDriving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
Status Released
Release Information
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2020-10-13
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 55m
Homepagehttps://www.pbs.org/show/driving-while-black/
Production CompaniesArtemis Rising,JustFilms / Ford Foundation
Genres
- Documentary
