Icons. Episode 5, Activists / producers, Clementine Mortelman,Tamsin Curry ; producer/director, Michael Ogden ; a BBC Open University partnership ; 72 Films Limited.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Ogden, Michael (Television producer and director), director, producer.

Mortelman, Clementine, producer.

Curry, Tamsin, producer.

BBC Worldwide Ltd., publisher.

British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

Open University, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political activists--Biography.

Political activists.

Political participation--History--20th century.

Political participation.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Television mini-series.

Biographical television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (48 minutes)

Other Title:

Icons : the greatest person of the 20th century

Place of Publication:

London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Sanjeev Bhaskar explore the lives of the 20th century's greatest activists, examining the lives of Emmeline Pankhurst, Helen Keller and Martin Luther King Jr. He'll assess the qualities that made them great and the groundbreaking ways in which each of them fought for their causes. The 20th Century was the century of activism. It was a century in which a series of extraordinarily brave individuals encouraged whole swathes of society to throw off the shackles of oppression and get the rights they deserved. These activists spoke for those without a voice, often prepared to lay down their lives for the causes they believed in. At the beginning of the century, most women couldn't vote, empires ruled much of the planet, and marginalised people across the world were being persecuted. The work of these four icons would help society take huge leaps forward. Clearly, there is much more to do in a pursuit of a world in which everyone is equal, but today's activists stand on the shoulders of these giants. Each of these four greats dared to step outside the expectations society had of them. They changed what the world thought possible for women, the subjugated, disabled people and African Americans, and in doing so advanced their causes exponentially. If it weren't for these four icons, history would be very different.

Participant:

Presented by: Sanjeev Bhaskar.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed November 07, 2019).

OCLC:

1130732844