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Adam Clayton Powell
directed by Richard Kilberg (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 1 hour 5 mins
This is a compelling portrait of the legendary African American leader, Adam Clayton Powell as well as a fascinating look at the beginning of modern black politics in this country. Handsome, brilliant and controversial, he was the pastor of America's largest Protestant congregation; an early champion in the Civil...
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directed by Richard Kilberg (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 1 hour 5 mins
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This is a compelling portrait of the legendary African American leader, Adam Clayton Powell as well as a fascinating look at the beginning of modern black politics in this country. Handsome, brilliant and controversial, he was the pastor of America's largest Protestant congregation; an early champion in the Civil Rights movement, and the first African-American Congressman from a northeastern state. The film follows his political climb in the Harl...
This is a compelling portrait of the legendary African American leader, Adam Clayton Powell as well as a fascinating look at the beginning of modern black politics in this country. Handsome, brilliant and controversial, he was the pastor of America's largest Protestant congregation; an early champion in the Civil Rights movement, and the first African-American Congressman from a northeastern state. The film follows his political climb in the Harlem of the Depression 30s. As minister of Harlem's Abysinnian Baptist Church, Powell used his charismatic power in the battle for equal employment. Once in Congress, he fought persistently to deny federal funding to segregated facilities. Under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson he was instrumental in passing much of the social legislation known as "The Great Society." At the peak of his power, he was the most influential black man in America. Yet his meteoric rise to power ended in an abrupt fall as financial indiscretions and personal excesses caught up with him. The film pulls together facts, remembrances and opinions into a compelling narrative. Heard from are Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, writer Roger Wilkins, Professor John Henry Clarke, and family members. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Biography
Author / Creator
Richard Kilberg
Date Published / Released
1989
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., 1908-1972
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Politics, Race and culture, Political influence, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-, Politics & Policy, History, Ethnic Studies, Black Studies, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1989. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Law Not War: Ben Ferencz's Fight for Justice: A Man Can Make a Difference
directed by Ullabritt Horn, fl. 2015 (Monoduo Films, 2015), 1 hour 30 mins
Law Not War is a moving portrait of the last surviving Chief Prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials, 95-year-old Benjamin Ferencz. The film offers both a look back into history as well as an examination of current issues of war, justice and the International Criminal Court (ICC). From historic Court Room 600 in Nure...
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directed by Ullabritt Horn, fl. 2015 (Monoduo Films, 2015), 1 hour 30 mins
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Law Not War is a moving portrait of the last surviving Chief Prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials, 95-year-old Benjamin Ferencz. The film offers both a look back into history as well as an examination of current issues of war, justice and the International Criminal Court (ICC). From historic Court Room 600 in Nuremberg, Benjamin Ferencz relives his memories of the famous trials through intimate interviews, which are interwoven with historic film...
Law Not War is a moving portrait of the last surviving Chief Prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials, 95-year-old Benjamin Ferencz. The film offers both a look back into history as well as an examination of current issues of war, justice and the International Criminal Court (ICC). From historic Court Room 600 in Nuremberg, Benjamin Ferencz relives his memories of the famous trials through intimate interviews, which are interwoven with historic film footage and statements from other international leaders in the field. Ferencz’s life is defined by his remarkable journey from a poor, immigrant family in Hell’s Kitchen, New York through Harvard Law School, to become Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials at the age of 27. At an age when most people’s careers have not even begun, Ferencz was prosecuting the Einsatzgruppen, the group of Nazi soldiers who were known as death squads, and who were responsible for mass killings that took place during the Holocaust. After the Nuremberg Trials, Ferencz became a tireless fighter for the ideals that they represented. He devoted his life to the principle that war crimes should be prosecuted, and he worked relentlessly for the ICC to actualize that, despite the fact that the political climate during the Cold War was not favourable to his position. Ferencz still travels the world today, 70 years after the Nuremberg Trials, seeking both peace and justice for those who commit war crimes. 70 years later, his struggle is as relevant now as it was in 1945. As Ferencz himself says, “We have to turn to law instead of war. Or else we will destroy the whole world.”
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Biography, Documentary
Author / Creator
Ullabritt Horn, fl. 2015
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Monoduo Films
Speaker / Narrator
Ben Ferencz, 1920-
Person Discussed
Ben Ferencz, 1920-
Topic / Theme
Holocaust (1933-1945), German, Jewish, War crimes tribunals, Immigrant life, Survivors, Nazism, Nuremberg Trials, 1945-1949, Holocaust, 1939-1945, Politics & Policy, History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2015 by Ulabritt Horn
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