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FREEDOM SUMMER
Directed by STANLEY NELSON

Date
September 26, 2019
About Project
DIRECTOR
STANLEY NELSON
COUNTRY
USA
RUNNING TIME
113 mins
YEAR
2014
LANGUAGE
English
ABOUT THE FILM
In 1964, less than 7% of Mississippi’s African Americans were registered to vote and a plan was devised to send northern white students south to join in voter registration drives and set up freedom schools. This film tells the tale of that summer, an astonishing and relevant story of organized activism and race relations how students were selected, how they fanned out across Mississippi and lived locally with African Americans. This gripping film is an important testament to the courage of both the students and the black Mississippians and a powerful exploration of the legacy of that extraordinary summer.