We Shall Overcome (1989)
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.
Director: Jim Brown
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Harry Belafonte as Self - Narrator |
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Joan Baez as Self |
| Directing | Jim Brown | Director |
| Editing | Kenneth Levis | Editor |
| Camera | Jim Brown | Director of Photography |
| Production | Ginger Brown | Producer |
| Production | Jim Brown | Producer |
| Production | Harold Leventhal | Producer |
| Production | George C. Stoney | Producer |