I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)
Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades. From Selma and Birmingham and Atlanta; to the battleground beaches of St. Augustine, Florida, with Chinua Achebe; and back north for a visit to Newark with Amiri Baraka, Baldwin lays bare the fiction of progress in post–Civil Rights America, wondering “what happened to the children” and those 'who did not die, but whose lives were smashed on Freedom Road'.
Directors: Dick Fontaine, Pat Hartley.
https://filmforum.org/film/i-heard-it-through-the-grapevine-baldwin
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James Baldwin as |
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David Baldwin as |
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Chinua Achebe as Self |
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Amiri Baraka as Self |
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Sterling Brown as Self |
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David Dennis as Self |
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Hoyt Fuller as Self |
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Oretha Castle Haley as Self |
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Lonnie King as Self |
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Amanda Bowens Perdew as Self |
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Charles Sherrod as Self |
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Fred Lee Shuttlesworth as Self |
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Hosea Williams as Self |
| Writing | James Baldwin | Writer |
| Crew | Ivan Strasburg | Cinematography |
| Editing | Nigel Mercer | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Dick Fontaine | Producer |
| Production | Pat Hartley | Producer |
| Directing | Dick Fontaine | Director |
| Directing | Pat Hartley | Director |
