Film Screening: At the River I Stand
Memphis, Spring 1968 marked the dramatic climax of the Civil Rights movement. At the River I Stand skilfully reconstructs the two eventful months that transformed a strike by Memphis sanitation workers into a national conflagration, and disentangles the complex historical forces that came together with the inevitability of tragedy at the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Their slogan ‘I am a Man’ is featured in the exhibition Glen Ligon: Encounters and Collisions.
At the River I Stand, Dir. David Appleby, Allison Graham & Steven Ross (1993), 56 mins
This moving documentary recounts the two months leading to Martin Luther King Jr.'s death in 1968, coinciding with the 65-day strike of 1300 Memphis sanitation workers.
Presented in collaboration with the Department of American and Canadian Studies, The University of Nottingham.
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Film Screening: At the River I StandDates:
9 Jun 2015Supported by:
