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A Place of Rage

  • A Place of Rage
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1991
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 52 (in minutes)
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This exuberant celebration of African American women and their achievements features interviews with Angela Davis, June Jordan and Alice Walker. Within the context of the civil rights, Black power and feminist movements, the trio reassess how women such as Rosa Parks and Fannie Lou Hamer revolutionized American society. A stirring chapter in African American history, highlighted by music from Prince, Janet Jackson, the Neville Brothers and the Staple Singers.

A film by Pratibha Parmar

England, 1991, 52 minutes, Color, 16mm/DVD


A Place of Rage - Trailer from Kali Films on Vimeo.



Distributed by Woman Makes Movies (WMM), New York

Tags: African American, History, Literature, Poetry, Women's Movement, Leadership
Feminism

AWARDS, FESTIVALS, & SCREENINGS
National Black Programming Consortium, Best Historical Documentary

San Francisco Lesbian and Gay FF
Jihlava Int'l Doc FF

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