Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power

Released Dec 2, 2022

1 hr. 29 min.

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In the mid-1960s, Lowndes County, Alabama had zero registered Black voters despite an 80% Black population. Through first person accounts and searing archival footage, this documentary chronicles the citizens' movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers led by Stokely Carmichael who risked their lives for Black voting rights.

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Amazing footage of young sncc workers. Tells the largely unknown story of Lowndes County Project.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/06/22

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Robert H

it seem more like a documentary than a movie, and not enough truth.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/05/22

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Geeta Gandbhir

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Samuel D. Pollard

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Dema Paxton Fofang

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

Very powerful film.

Dec 6, 2022

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Sarah-Tai Black

Los Angeles Times

What Pollard and Gandbhir do best with “Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power” is offer a view of what the fight for Black power in the Alabama county really looked like.

Dec 5, 2022

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Robert Daniels

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It is, quite simply, one of the best documentaries of the year.

Rated: A

Dec 3, 2022

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

The filmic embodiment of the famous Audre Lorde quote “The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.”

Feb 13, 2024

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Leslie Combemale

AWFJ.org

Lowndes County is the sort of documentary that certain boards of education would fight tooth and nail to keep from being played in schools, and exactly the kind that should be required viewing at every high school across the country.

Rated: 4/5 stars

Dec 16, 2022

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Shane Slater

Film Actually

With the engaging and honest commentary (crucially including the White perspectives as well) accentuating the seamless editing, the storytelling is captivating.

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 13, 2022

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Synopsis

In the mid-1960s, Lowndes County, Alabama had zero registered Black voters despite an 80% Black population. Through first person accounts and searing archival footage, this documentary chronicles the citizens' movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers led by Stokely Carmichael who risked their lives for Black voting rights.

Director: Geeta Gandbhir, Samuel D. Pollard
Executive Producer: Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Fred Grinstein, Linzee Troubh
Screenwriter: Dema Paxton Fofang
Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment
Production Co: Multitude Films, Postworks New York, Participant
Genre: Documentary, History
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 2, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 2, 2022

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