I Heard It Through the Grapevine
7.5
Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades. From Selma and Birmingham and Atlanta; to the battleground beaches of St. Augustine, Florida, with Chinua Achebe; and back north for a visit to Newark with Amiri Baraka, Baldwin lays bare the fiction of progress in post–Civil Rights America, wondering “what happened to the children” and those 'who did not die, but whose lives were smashed on Freedom Road'.
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Cast
15 people
James Baldwin
Also in
World in Action
The James Baldwin Anthology
David Baldwin
Dick Fontaine
Chinua Achebe
Self
Pat Hartley
Also in
Ciao! Manhattan
Absolute Beginners
Amiri Baraka
Self
Known for
Bulworth
Sterling Brown
Self
David Dennis
Self
Also in
Assignment
Hoyt Fuller
Self
Oretha Castle Haley
Self
Lonnie King
Self
Amanda Bowens Perdew
Self
Pat Hartley Director · Dick Fontaine Director James Baldwin Writer
United States release March 3, 1982 · Produced in United States
Production
Living Archives Inc.
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 3, 1982
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
Germany
February 19, 2023 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival; restoration
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