Fannie Lou Hamer’s America
2022•1h 30m•Released
Documentary
The film explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of a Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist and one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders. Throughout the 1960s, Fannie Lou Hamer established a legacy of civil rights and human rights activism that remains relevant to this day – especially among Black youth.
Director
Joy Elaine Davenport
Languages
English
Studio
American Documentary
Cast
Fannie Lou Hamer
Narrator (voice) / Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
American Documentary
Company
GBH WORLD Channel
Company
The Bitter Southerner
Company
Black Public Media
Company
PBS
Producer
Monica Land
Producer
Stephanie A. Frederic
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