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RALPH BUNCHE: AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY

William Greaves · 2001 · U.S. · 116 min

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Screenplay by William Greaves Based on the biography by Brian Urquhart Narrated by Sidney Poitier The first in-depth documentary film about Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche (1903-1971): statesman, peace negotiator, leading intellectual, and scholar, who rose to the position of Under-Secretary General of the U.N. and was the first person of color to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950.