I Heard It Through the Grapevine
1982
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Synopsis
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'.
Festival History
- Berlin International Film Festival 2023 generic
- International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2023 generic
- Melbourne International Film Festival 2023 generic
- Viennale 2023 generic
