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Fannie Lou Hamer’s America

2022-02-22 en 90m
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

Producer

Monica Land

Original Music Composer

Joy Elaine Davenport

Co-Editor

Christopher Hastings

Songs

Fannie Lou Hamer

Researcher

Maegan Parker Brooks

civil rights woman director activism civil rights movement voting rights

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • American Documentary
  • GBH WORLD Channel
  • The Bitter Southerner
  • Black Public Media

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