We Shall Overcome
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.
Directed by Jim Brown
Produced by: Ginger Brown, Jim Brown, Harold Leventhal
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