Hi Anne, I highly recommend the Women Make Movies title, "Standing on My Sister's Shoulders" which is exactly 60 minutes.
Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders A film by Joan Sadoff<http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm543.shtml>, Dr. Robert Sadoff<http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm544.shtml> and Laura J. Lipson<http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm541.shtml> 2002, 60 minutes, Color/BW In 1965, when three women walked into the US House of Representatives in Washington D.C., they had come a very long way. Neither lawyers nor politicians, they were ordinary women from Mississippi,and descendants of African slaves. They had come to their country's capital seeking civil rights, the first black women to be allowed in the senate chambers in nearly 100 years. A missing chapter in our nation's record of the Civil Rights movement, this powerful documentary reveals the movement in Mississippi in the 1950's and 60's from the point of view of the courageous women who lived it - and emerged as its grassroots leaders. Their living testimony offers a window into a unique moment when the founders' promise of freedom and justice passed from rhetoric to reality for all Americans. Through moving interviews and powerful archival footage, STANDING ON MY SISTERS' SHOULDERS weaves a story of commitment, passion and perseverance and tells the story of the women fought for change in Mississippi and altered the course of American history forever. http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c617.shtml Best, Amy Aquilino Distribution and Sales Coordinator 115 West 29th Street, Suite 1200 New York, NY 10001 212-925-0606 ext. 305 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Shelley, Anne Elizabeth Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 8:27 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Looking for Film Suggestions Hello, A faculty member wanted to show Freedom Summer as part of a Constitution Day event this fall, but she thinks the run time of 120 minutes is too long. She asked for alternative documentaries that are around 60 minutes. I suggested "Mississippi: Is This America?" from Eyes on the Prize, which she thinks might work but asked for other ideas. If you have any suggestions, I'd be glad to hear them! Thank you in advance, Anne Anne Shelley Milner Library Illinois State University anne.shel...@ilstu.edu<mailto:anne.shel...@ilstu.edu> 309-438-5464
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