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Directed by: Stanley Nelson
Country:
United States
Runtime: 1hr 54min
Year: 2010
Last Screened:
Thu 27th Oct 2011
As part of our Black History programme of docs, we bring you the incredible story of the Freedom Riders with our mobile solar powered cinema, One Way Theatre.
The Freedom Riders are credited as changing America forever by the forefathers of the American civil rights movement. For six months in 1961 more than 400 black and white Americans challenged segregation laws by taking greyhound buses together from Washington to the South.
They were met with vicious racism, hatred and mob violence for simply travelling together. 50 years on we look back at these events and honour the bravery of these individuals with a free outdoor screening event.