Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

58 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1986

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.

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

58 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1986

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
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.
Producers
Original title Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?
Directors William Greaves
Writers William Greaves

Cast

William Greaves

as Narrator/Interviewer

Richard Hatcher

as Self