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Adam Clayton Powell / by Richard Kilberg.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Kilberg, Richard.
- Series:
- Filmakers Library online
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972.
- Powell, Adam Clayton.
- United States. Congress. House--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. House.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African Americans.
- Clergy--United States--Biography.
- Clergy.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Documentary.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (55 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1989.
- Language Note:
- English.
- Summary:
- This is a compelling portrait of the legendary African American leader, Adam Clayton Powell as well as a fascinating look at the beginning of modern black politics in this country. Handsome, brilliant and controversial, he was the pastor of America s largest Protestant congregation; an early champion in the Civil Rights movement, and the first African-American Congressman from a northeastern state. The film follows his political climb in the Harlem of the Depression 30s. As minister of Harlem s Abysinnian Baptist Church, Powell used his charismatic power in the battle for equal employment. Once in Congress, he fought persistently to deny federal funding to segregated facilities. Under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson he was instrumental in passing much of the social legislation known as "The Great Society." At the peak of his power, he was the most influential black man in America. Yet his meteoric rise to power ended in an abrupt fall as financial indiscretions and personal excesses caught up with him. The film pulls together facts, remembrances and opinions into a compelling narrative. Heard from are Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, writer Roger Wilkins, Professor John Henry Clarke, and family members.
- Notes:
- Originally released as DVD.
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2011. (Filmakers library online). Available via World Wide Web.
- Best Documentary Feature, Academy Award Nomination
- Best Film of Year, Organization of American Historians
- Special Jury Award, San Francisco Film Festival
- OCLC:
- 747798804
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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