Freedom Summer (film)

Freedom Summer
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Directed byStanley Nelson Jr.
Written byStanley Nelson Jr.
Produced byStanley Nelson Jr.
Cyndee Readdean
Edited byAljernon Tunsil
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Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Freedom Summer is a 2014 American documentary film, written, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson Jr.[1][2] The film had its world premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 2014.[3]

It won the Best Documentary award at 2014 Pan African Film Festival.[4] The film had its U.S. television premiere at PBS on June 24, 2014.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Freedom Summer: How Civil Rights Activists Braved Violence to Challenge Racism in 1964 Mississippi". Democracy Now!. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
  2. ^ "Film revisits Freedom Summer for a new generation". Retrieved May 7, 2014.
  3. ^ "Sundance 2014: Documentary Premieres". 10 January 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
  4. ^ "2014 PAFF Award Winners: 'Of Good Report,' '1982,' 'Freedom Summer' Take Top Honors". Retrieved May 7, 2014.
  5. ^ "Sundance '14: Exploring the "Freedom Summer," 50 years on". Retrieved May 7, 2014.
  6. ^ "PBS Summer Slate Includes 'Freedom Summer,' Al Capone Doc". May 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2014.