We Shall Overcome (1989)
A documentary on the iconic song "We Shall Overcome" and its important legacy in the American Civil Rights movement, echoing all over the world as a recognizable song of struggle against social injustices. Singers and activists talk about its origins, used during a workers strike in the mid 1940's, and how the lyrics and its significance slightly changed in the next decades.
- Date of release
- 1989-01-01
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Jim Brown
Casting
- Harry Belafonte — Self - Narrator
- Joan Baez — Self
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