Fannie Lou Hamer’s America
2022
1h 30m
Documentary
Overview
The film explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of a Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist and one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders. Throughout the 1960s, Fannie Lou Hamer established a legacy of civil rights and human rights activism that remains relevant to this day – especially among Black youth.
Director
Joy Elaine Davenport
Top Cast
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Fannie Lou Hamer
Narrator (voice) / Self (archive footage)
