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William Greaves · 1972 · U.S. · 80 min

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Narrated by Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the political spectrum, among them Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory, Coretta Scott King, Dr. Betty Shabazz, Richard Hatcher, Amiri Baraka, Charles C. Diggs, Isaac Hayes, Richard Roundtree, and H. Carl McCall. The film was considered too militant for television broadcast at the time and has since circulated only in an edited 58-minute version. This 4K restoration from IndieCollect, with funding from Jane Fonda and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, returns the film to its original 80-minute length and visual quality. 4K restoration by IndieCollect.