For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska (2009)
In 1867, when the United States purchased the Alaska territory, the promise of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights didn't apply to Alaska Natives. Their struggle to win justice is one of the great, untold chapters of the American civil rights movement, culminating at the violent peak of World War II with the passage of one of the nation's first equal rights laws.
Directors: Jeffry Lloyd Silverman, Phil Lucas.
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Peter Coyote as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Diane E. Benson as Elizabeth Peratrovich |
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Alan Hayton as Roy Peratrovich |
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Peter Freer as Chairman Green |
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Edward Christian as Senator Shattuck |
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Mike Peterson as Senator Walker |
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Jerry Demmert as Senator Whaley |
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Kent Pillsbury as Senator Scott |
| Directing | Jeffry Lloyd Silverman | Director |
| Production | Jeffry Lloyd Silverman | Producer |
| Directing | Phil Lucas | Director |
| Writing | Jeffry Lloyd Silverman | Writer |
| Writing | Diane E. Benson | Writer |
| Writing | Stevan M. Smith | Writer |
| Camera | T.J. Williams | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Stevan M. Smith | Editor |
| Camera | Stevan M. Smith | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jonathan Butzke | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Pat Murphy | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Tom Williams | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Gabe Strong | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Tom Williams | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Stephen Jones | Sound |
| Sound | Stevan M. Smith | Sound |
| Production | Laura Ganis | Associate Producer |
| Production | Diane E. Benson | Researcher |
| Production | Laura Ganis | Researcher |
| Production | Sarah Hurst | Researcher |
| Production | Ron Holmstrom | Casting |