Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today.
Directors: Gretchen Sorin, Ric Burns.
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Eric Avila as Self - Professor of History, UCLA |
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Tamara Banks as Self - Journalist |
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Herb Boyd as Self - “Black Detroit” Author |
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Leah Chase as Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant |
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Spencer Crew as Self - Smithsonian Interim Director |
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Walter Edwards as Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance |
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Lolis Eric Elie as Self - Writer |
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Carolyn Finney as Self - Author |
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Kathleen Franz as Self - Author |
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Allyson Hobbs as Self - Professor of History, Stanford University |
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Kenneth Jackson as Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University |
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Jennifer Reut as Self - Architectural Historian |
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Fath Ruffins as Self - Smithsonian Curator |
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Thomas J. Sugrue as Self - Professor of History, NYU |
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Candacy Taylor as Self - Author |
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Christopher West as Self - Professor of History, Pasadena City College |
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Craig Steven Wilder as Professor of History, MIT |
| Directing | Gretchen Sorin | Director |
| Editing | Emir Lewis | Editor |
| Directing | Ric Burns | Director |
| Production | Greg Sorin | Co-Producer |
| Production | Kathryn Clinard | Producer |
| Production | Margaret Munzer Loeb | Executive Producer |
| Production | Emily Pfeil | Producer |
| Production | Emir Lewis | Producer |