Log in
The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America

The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America

1968 · 54 min

News documentary from 1968 hosted by George Foster, exploring the legacy of oppression that remains over 100 years after the abolition of that peculiar institution. In Part 1, Foster visits Charleston, SC, and speaks with both descendants of slaves and slave owners. The cameras capture a sermon by Rev. Henry Butler of the Mother Emmanuel AME Church (where Denmark Vesey planned an unsuccessful slave revolt in 1822 and Dylan Roof would later kill 9 church members in 2015). In Part 2, the cameras go to Mississippi to speak with former sharecroppers and political activist FANNIE LOU HAMER. In the final segment, we travel to Chicago, where Prof. JAMES TURNER and activist CALVIN LOCKRIDGE educate young people about revolution. Ebony Magazine editor and historian LERONE BENNETT offers a poignant analogy to describe the times we are in today.

Directed by Peter Davis · Written by Peter Davis

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

2h 39m together

The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

Both from Peter Davis.

More from Peter DavisSee all →

Generations of ResistanceGenerations of Resistance · 1980
Generations of Resistance
★ 9.01980
MovieDocumentary
Uses archival photographs, newsreel footage, and interviews to chronicle the quest by Black South Africans for economic viability and individual freedom.
Rise and Fall of the Borscht BeltRise and Fall of the Borscht Belt · 1986
Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt
★ 9.01986
MovieDocumentary
At its peak, one million New York Jews spent their summers in the Borscht Belt, the birthplace of Jewish-American iconoclastic humor. This film shows how these Catskills communities were run by women, and how class divisions were reflected in the resort hotels: upwardly-mobile hotel guests were entertained by a who's-who of talent, while in the bungalows, do-it-yourself burlesque and vaudeville reigned among the blue-collar families. This film is happy, humane, ironic, and, finally, bittersweet, as we see that today's Jews no longer share the tastes or aspirations of their parents.
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and ApartheidIn Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid · 1994
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
★ 8.01994
MovieDocumentary
A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.
This Bloody, Blundering BusinessThis Bloody, Blundering Business · 1975
This Bloody, Blundering Business
★ 7.31975
MovieHistoryComedy
In this satirical rendering of the history of American intervention in the Philippines following the Spanish-American War, the silent movie format with lively ragtime piano music is combined with a dramatically understated narration and excerpts from "newsreels" of the period to reveal the nature of American attitudes toward Third World peoples and significant parallels with contemporary American foreign policy.
Harold Lloyd: The Third GeniusHarold Lloyd: The Third Genius · 1989
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
★ 7.01989
MovieDocumentary
A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.
The Best of the New York Erotic Film FestivalThe Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival · 1972
The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival
★ 5.01972
MovieFantasyAnimation
A stimulating, hilarious, provocative collection of the best American films dealing with you-know-what. Prize-winning films chosen by judges Gore Vidal, Andy Warhol, Terry Southern, Milos Forman, Holly Woodlawn, Sylvia Miles and Xaviera Hollander at the last two Erotic Film Festivals in New York.
The HomosexualsThe Homosexuals · 1967
The Homosexuals
★ 1.01967
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
On March 7, 1967, 40 million Americans tuned in to watch CBS Reports: The Homosexuals, network television’s first documentary on homosexuality. Near the top of the program, host and interviewer Mike Wallace calls homosexuals “the most despised minority in the United States.” The hour that follows is filled with salacious location footage, sermonizing therapists, and shadowed interviews with distraught homosexuals.
StripStrip · 1966
Strip
★ 1.01966
MovieDocumentary
The work of strippers in the Phoenix Club of Old Compton Street, Soho. Includes interviews with the girls, the stage show and backstage scenes.
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. WalkerTwo Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker · 1987
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker
1987
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about the first self-made American millionairess, Madam C.J. Walker.
ImmigrantsImmigrants · 1965
Immigrants
1965
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
A fascinating, unsettling study of immigration in 1960s English cities.
Chelsea Bridge BoysChelsea Bridge Boys · 1965
Chelsea Bridge Boys
1965
MovieDocumentary
About a group of "Rockers" who belong to a British motorcycle club. Included are interviews with both male and female bikers. The film is largely based on candid interviews where the bikers respond to questions about politics, society, freedom and independence.
PubPub · 1962
Pub
1962
MovieDocumentary
One of three London sketches directed by Peter Davis, Pub was filmed at the Approach Tavern on Approach Road, leading up to Victoria Park in East London. It was made for Swedish television to give an impression of a typical working-class British pub.
Anatomy of ViolenceAnatomy of Violence · 1967
Anatomy of Violence
1967
MovieDocumentary
Documentary of the Symposium on the Dialectics of Liberation and the Demystification of Violence, held in London, July 1967, organized by R.D.Laing, with Stokely Carmichael, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Goodman, Herbert Marcuse, John Gerassi, and many others. An important record of the spectrum of left-wing politics and personalities during the turbulent Sixties.
Son of GreetingsSon of Greetings · 1970
Son of Greetings
1970
MovieDocumentary
behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Hi, Mom! by filmmaker Peter Davis, featuring candid images of the cast and crew
The Nature of David SuzukiThe Nature of David Suzuki · 1998
The Nature of David Suzuki
1998
MovieDocumentary
This biography of the well known scientist and nature program host details his early life as a child in a WW2 internment camp and the development of his environmental philosophy.
D H Lawrence in TaosD H Lawrence in Taos · 1969
D H Lawrence in Taos
1969
Movie
Friends and contemporaries of the great English writer recall remarkable episodes from his life and times.

More Like This

Couldn't load this row right now.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter