Fundi : the story of Ella Baker / produced and directed by Joanne Grant ; written by Joanne Grant.

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Profiles the life and work of Ella Baker during the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the period of the most dramatic upsurge in the struggle for racial justice. Since Ms. Baker's activism spanned over 50 years in the North and the South, the struggles of earlier decades are portrayed, giving a se...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Fundi Productions (Production company)
First Run/Icarus Films (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Grant, Joanne (Film producer, Film director, Screenwriter)
Baker, Ella, 1903-1986 (interviewee (expression))
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 (interviewee (expression))
Walker, Wyatt Tee (interviewee (expression))
Current, Gloster B. (Gloster Bryant), 1913-1997 (interviewee (expression))
Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023 (Onscreen presenter)
Irola, Judy (director of photography.)
Beveridge, Hortense (Film editor)
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942- (Musical director)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English; Closed-captioned.
Published: Brooklyn, NY : First Run / Icarus Films, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
Baker, Ella, > 1903-1986.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
African American women civil rights workers > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > Biography.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American women civil rights workers.
Civil rights movements.
Civil rights workers.
United States.
1900-1999
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
History.
Genre:
Biography.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
History.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (63 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Story of Ella Baker
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Profiles the life and work of Ella Baker during the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the period of the most dramatic upsurge in the struggle for racial justice. Since Ms. Baker's activism spanned over 50 years in the North and the South, the struggles of earlier decades are portrayed, giving a sense of the continuity of the fight for social change.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1981.
This film was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment fot the Humanities.
"First Run/Icarus Films is proud to re-release this landmark civil rights documentary with a new digibeta videomaster that has been digitally restored with enhanced audio and video."--Container cover.
Videorecording.
Call Number:E185.97.B214 F96 2007 VideoDVD
Credits:Cinematography, Judy Irola ; editor, Hortense Beveridge ; musical direction and production, Bernice Johnson Reagon.
System Details:Burned DVD (DVD-R) format: this disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Participant or Performer:
Ella Baker, Ralph D. Abernathy, Wyatt Tee Walker, Gloster Current ; introduced by Harry Belafonte.