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The barber of Birmingham : foot soldier of the civil rights movement / Chicken and Egg pictures presents, a film by Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday ; directors, Gail Dolgin, Robin Fryday ; producers, Gail Dolgin, Robin Fryday, Judith Helfand.
LIBRA DVD 023 400
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Armstrong, James, 1923-2009.
- Armstrong, James.
- Civil rights workers--United States.
- Civil rights workers.
- United States.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- History.
- Birmingham (Ala.)--History--20th century.
- Birmingham (Ala.).
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (26 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [U.S.] : Purposeful Productions, [2011]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "In the days before and after Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 presidential election, an 85-year-old civil rights activist and "foot soldier" looks back on the early days of the movement. World War II veteran James Armstrong was the proud proprietor of Armstrong's Barbershop, a cultural and political hub in Birmingham, Alabama, for more than 50 years. Armstrong, who carried the American flag across the Selma bridge during the Bloody Sunday march for voting rights in 1965, links the struggles of the past with a previously unimaginable dream: the election of the first African-American president." -- container insert.
- Credits:
- Cinematographers, Vicente Franco, Ashley James, Allen Rosen ; music, B. Quincy Griffin ; editors, Jacob Steingroot, Kim Roberts.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- "Chicken & Egg Pictures"--Container.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 810088949
- Publisher Number:
- 884501790741
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