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Melvin and Jean: An American Story
directed by Maia Wechsler, fl. 1993-2012; composed by Brandon Ross, fl. 2004; produced by Matthieu Belghiti, fl. 1998 and Maia Wechsler, fl. 1993-2012 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2012), 1 hour
This video is a poignant tale of two people, the radical 60s, crime in the name of a cause, and second chances. The documentary follows Melvin and Jean McNair from revolt and exile to renewal and reconciliation. As a young couple in 1972, the McNairs made news when they hijacked a plane from Detroit to Algeria to...
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directed by Maia Wechsler, fl. 1993-2012; composed by Brandon Ross, fl. 2004; produced by Matthieu Belghiti, fl. 1998 and Maia Wechsler, fl. 1993-2012 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2012), 1 hour
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This video is a poignant tale of two people, the radical 60s, crime in the name of a cause, and second chances. The documentary follows Melvin and Jean McNair from revolt and exile to renewal and reconciliation. As a young couple in 1972, the McNairs made news when they hijacked a plane from Detroit to Algeria to join the international section of the Black Panthers. Simultaneously an act of political resistance to racism and the Vietnam War and a...
This video is a poignant tale of two people, the radical 60s, crime in the name of a cause, and second chances. The documentary follows Melvin and Jean McNair from revolt and exile to renewal and reconciliation. As a young couple in 1972, the McNairs made news when they hijacked a plane from Detroit to Algeria to join the international section of the Black Panthers. Simultaneously an act of political resistance to racism and the Vietnam War and an act of desperation committed by two young people who saw no other way to escape the constant state of racial oppression in the US, the controversial act continues to have long-term repercussions decades later. After serving several years in prison in France for the hijacking, the McNairs remained in France and, for 35 years, have lived as model citizens in their adopted country. Forty years after the fact, the two are still coming to terms with their crime and its lifelong consequences as they try to gain the freedom to return home without spending the rest of their lives behind bars in America.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Matthieu Belghiti, fl. 1998, Maia Wechsler, fl. 1993-2012
Author / Creator
Brandon Ross, fl. 2004, Maia Wechsler, fl. 1993-2012
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
George Wright, 1943-, James McNair, fl. 2012, Jean McNair, fl. 1972-2012, Melvin McNair, 1949-
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Political causes, Crime, History, Politics & Policy, Latinos, African Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2013. Used by permission of Filmakers Library.
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SNCC Legacy Video, 36, Freedom Concert
produced by Natalie Bullock Brown, Ascension Productions; performed by Harry Belafonte, 1927-, in SNCC Legacy Video, 36 (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2011), 1 hour 47 mins
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference
Volume 36 - Freedom Concert
FEATURED MUSICIANS
Hot 8 Brass Band
SNCC Freedom Singers
This session is full of the sound and power of movement song. Bernice Johnson Reagon explains the origin of the SNCC Freedom Singers. She introduces a brief video of Cordell Reagon who organized...
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produced by Natalie Bullock Brown, Ascension Productions; performed by Harry Belafonte, 1927-, in SNCC Legacy Video, 36 (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2011), 1 hour 47 mins
Description
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference
Volume 36 - Freedom Concert
FEATURED MUSICIANS
Hot 8 Brass Band
SNCC Freedom Singers
This session is full of the sound and power of movement song. Bernice Johnson Reagon explains the origin of the SNCC Freedom Singers. She introduces a brief video of Cordell Reagon who organized the singers with Charles Sherrod. Many well known activists participate in the session including Guy Carawan who introduced We Shall Ov...
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference
Volume 36 - Freedom Concert
FEATURED MUSICIANS
Hot 8 Brass Band
SNCC Freedom Singers
This session is full of the sound and power of movement song. Bernice Johnson Reagon explains the origin of the SNCC Freedom Singers. She introduces a brief video of Cordell Reagon who organized the singers with Charles Sherrod. Many well known activists participate in the session including Guy Carawan who introduced We Shall Overcome to SNCC in 1960 Folk singer Len Chandler, a regular presence at protests and rallies, explains singing freedom songs: "When you hear something twice, sing it!" Harry Belafonte leads the audience in his famous Banana Boat Song. SNCC's own anthem, We'll Never Turn Back, written by Georgia activist Bertha Gober, closes out the College Adult
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Harry Belafonte, 1927-
Contributor
Natalie Bullock Brown, Ascension Productions
Author / Creator
Harry Belafonte, 1927-
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
California Newsreel
Series
SNCC Legacy Video
Speaker / Narrator
Len Chandler, Guy Carawan, 1927-2015, Bernice Johnson Reagon, 1942-
Person Discussed
Len Chandler, Guy Carawan, 1927-2015, Bernice Johnson Reagon, 1942-
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Music and Social Change, African-Americans, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-, The Arts, Black Studies, African Americans, Brazilians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012. Used by permission of California Newsreel. All rights reserved.
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They Were There: Remembering The Civil Rights Movement
presented by Jim Lehrer, 1934-; produced by MacNeil-Lehrer Productions (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions, 2010), 1 hour 12 mins
Frontline figures in the Civil Rights Movement reflect on their experiences, their colleagues, and where America now stands on the issue of race in a series of NewsHour conversations and discussions. Included are conversations with Dorothy Height, Vernon Jordan, and John Lewis about their memoirs and remembrances...
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presented by Jim Lehrer, 1934-; produced by MacNeil-Lehrer Productions (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions, 2010), 1 hour 12 mins
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Frontline figures in the Civil Rights Movement reflect on their experiences, their colleagues, and where America now stands on the issue of race in a series of NewsHour conversations and discussions. Included are conversations with Dorothy Height, Vernon Jordan, and John Lewis about their memoirs and remembrances of the March on Washington, Rosa Parks, and Hamilton Holmes. This collection also features a 1997 interview with Ruby Bridges, who in 1...
Frontline figures in the Civil Rights Movement reflect on their experiences, their colleagues, and where America now stands on the issue of race in a series of NewsHour conversations and discussions. Included are conversations with Dorothy Height, Vernon Jordan, and John Lewis about their memoirs and remembrances of the March on Washington, Rosa Parks, and Hamilton Holmes. This collection also features a 1997 interview with Ruby Bridges, who in 1960, at 6-years old, became the first African American child to desegregate an elementary school.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
MacNeil-Lehrer Productions
Author / Creator
Jim Lehrer, 1934-
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
NewsHour Productions
Speaker / Narrator
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, 1942-
Person Discussed
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, 1942-, Joseph Lowery, 1921-, Eleanor Holmes Norton, 1937-, Dorothy Height, 1912-2010, Vernon Jordan, Jr., 1935-, John Lewis, 1940-, Rosa Parks, 1913-2005, Ruby Bridges, 1954-, Hamilton E. Holmes, 1941-1995
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Women's rights, Social activism and activists, Segregation, Race relations, Race and culture, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-, Rosa Parks Arrested, Montgomery, AL, December 1, 1955, Martin Luther King's March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963, Politics & Policy, History, African Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2010 NewsHour Productions
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