I Am Somebody: Three Films by Madeline Anderson
- Year
- 2018
- Description
- Contains three short films by Madeline Anderson, a pioneering African American documentarian and television producer who chronicled the civil rights movement.
- Director
- Anderson, Madeline
- Producer
- Anderson, Madeline
- Production Team
- Icarus Films
- Genre
- Documentary
- Content Notes
- I Am Somebody (1970; 30 min.; color), which covers a 1969 strike by hospital workers in Charleston, South Carolina, and speeches by Ralph Abernathy, Coretta Scott King, Walter Reuther, and Andrew Young; Integration Report 1 (1960; 21 min.; black and white), which focuses on the tactic of organized resistance; and A Tribute to Malcolm X (1967; 14 min.; color with black and white sequences), which includes an interview with Betty Shabazz
- Language
- English
- Media Format
- 1 DVD (65 min.)
- Type
- Color with black and white sequences
- Additional Content
- The DVD includes a Smithsonian oral history interview; a booklet of essays (28 pp.); and the featurette "Celebrate Moe!" (13 min.) directed by Michelle Miller, which focuses on Moe Foner, the union leader who commissioned I Am Somebody.
- Updated
- 01-22-2025
Production Information
Film InformationReviews
Films for the Feminist Classroom 4.2 (2013)Video Librarian, July–Aug. 2018, 61