Driving while Black : race, space and mobility in America / a film by Gretchen Sorin and Ric Burns ; produced by Emily Pfeil, Emir Lewis, Steven Bennett, Kathryn Clinard ; written & directed by Ric Burns and Gretchen Sorin ; a production of Steeplechase Films.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan, director, screenwriter.

Burns, Ric, director, screenwriter.

Bennett, Steven (Producer), producer.

Lewis, Emir, producer, editor of moving image work.

Pfeil, Emily, producer.

Clinard, Kathryn, producer.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), film distributor.

Steeplechase Films Inc., production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Travel--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African American automobile drivers--History--20th century.

African American automobile drivers.

Automobile travel--United States--History--20th century.

Automobile travel.

Segregation in transportation--United States--History--20th century.

Segregation in transportation.

Civil rights--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights.

African Americans--Segregation--History--20th century.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

United States.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 minutes)

Other Title:

Driving while Black

Place of Publication:

Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Chronicling the history and personal experiences of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond - Driving While Black explores the background of a phrase rooted in realities that have been a part of the African American experience for hundreds of years - told in part through the stories of the people who lived through it.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 25, 2021).

OCLC:

1255893224

Publisher Number:

ASP5116392/marc