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They Say I'm Your Teacher

They Say I'm Your Teacher

2019 · 9 min · Documentary

Created from the 16mm archive of the groundbreaking "You Got to Move" (a 1985 film about educating activists in the civil rights and labor movements at the legendary Highlander Center), "They Say I'm Your Teacher" focuses on another agent of change, Bernice Robinson. This hairdresser from South Carolina sought to extend voter registration by teaching at Citizenship Education Schools.

Directed by Lucy Massie Phenix

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