- Documentary
- 58 min
A documentary on the iconic song "We Shall Overcome" and its important legacy in the American Civil Rights movement, echoing all over the world as a recognizable song of struggle against social injustices. Singers and activists talk about its origins, used during a workers strike in the mid 1940's, and how the lyrics and its significance slightly changed in the next decades.
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- Harry BelafonteSelf - Narrator
- Joan BaezSelf
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- Jim BrownDirector
- Jim BrownDirector of Photography
- Kenneth LevisEditor
- Ginger BrownProducer
- Jim BrownProducer
- Harold LeventhalProducer
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