W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause (2026)
Explore the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois. From his birth, just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation; to his death, on the eve of the March on Washington in 1963, his legacy as an activist continues to resonate today.
Director: Rita Coburn Whack
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/w-e-b-du-bois-documentary/34807/
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W.E.B. Du Bois as Self (archival footage) |
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Courtney B. Vance as Self |
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Jeffrey Wright as Self |
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Common as Self |
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Viola Davis as Narrator (voice) |
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as Self |
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Nikole Hannah-Jones as Self |
| Directing | Rita Coburn Whack | Director |
| Production | Leslie Fields-Cruz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Kantor | Executive Producer |
| Production | Denise A. Greene | Executive Producer |
| Production | Julie Sacks | Producer |
| Editing | K.A. Miille | Editor |
| Camera | Henry Adebonojo | Director of Photography |
| Production | Rita Coburn Whack | Producer |
| Production | Andrew T. Carr | Executive Producer |
| Production | BK Fulton | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sandra Evers-Manly | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Kathryn Bostic | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Eleanor Levine | Associate Producer |
