I Am Somebody (1970)
30m
Running Time
January 1, 1970Release Date
Plot.
Madeline Anderson’s documentary brings viewers to the front lines of the civil rights movement during the 1969 Charleston hospital workers’ strike, when 400 poorly paid Black women went on strike to demand union recognition and a wage increase, only to find themselves in confrontation with the National Guard and the state government. Anderson personally participated in the strike, along with such notable figures as Coretta Scott King, Ralph Abernathy and Andrew Young, all affiliated with Martin Luther King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Anderson’s film shows the courage and resiliency of the strikers and the support they received from the local black community. It is an essential filmed record of this important moment in the history of civil and women’s rights. The film is also notable as arguably the first televised documentary on civil rights directed by a woman of color, solidifying its place in American film history.
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Cast & Crew.

Ralph Abernathy
Self

Coretta Scott King
Self

Andrew Young
Self

Claire Brown
Self - Narrator

Madeline Anderson
Director / Editor / Producer

Moe Foner
Executive Producer

Roland Mitchell
Camera Operator

Don Hunstein
Camera Operator
Media.

Details.
This Movie Is About.
equality
race
woman director
Wiki.
I Am Somebody is a 1970 short political documentary by Madeline Anderson about black hospital workers on strike in Charleston, South Carolina. This was the first half-hour documentary film by an African-American woman in the film industry union. This film is one of the first to link black women and the fight for civil rights.
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