John Lewis : get in the way / produced and directed by Kathleen Dowdey ; produced by Early Light Productions.

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Follow the courageous journey of John Lewis, a civil rights hero, congressional leader, and human rights champion whose unwavering fight for justice spans the past 50 years. The son of sharecroppers, Lewis grew up in the segregated South and rose from Alabama's Black Belt to the corridors of power o...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Early Light Productions (Production company)
Bullfrog Films (Distributor)
Other Authors: Dowdey, Kathleen (Film director, Film producer)
Benson, Lillian E. (Editor of moving image work)
Schner, Charles A. (director of photography.)
Kambon, Camara (composer (expression))
Lewis, John, 1940-2020 (on-screen participant.)
Language:English
Published: [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2020]
Subjects:
Lewis, John, > 1940-2020.
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
African American civil rights workers > Biography.
Civil rights movements > United States.
African American legislators > Biography.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Biography.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Alexander Street)
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (54 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
Variant Title:
Get in the way
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Follow the courageous journey of John Lewis, a civil rights hero, congressional leader, and human rights champion whose unwavering fight for justice spans the past 50 years. The son of sharecroppers, Lewis grew up in the segregated South and rose from Alabama's Black Belt to the corridors of power on Capitol Hill. His humble origins have forever linked him to those whose voices often go unheard.
Note:Title from title frames.
Originally broadcast on PBS on February 10, 2017, and produced by: Early Light Productions, ©2013.
Call Number:E185.97.L49 J64 2020
Interest Grade Level:
7 and up.
Credits:Edited by Lillian E. Benson, A.C.E. ; director of photography, Charles A. Schner ; music by Camara Kambon.
System Details:System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
With: John Lewis, Amory Houghton, Emanuel Cleaver, John Larson, Bernard Lafayette, Juanita Abernathy, Michael Collins, Bill Harbour, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Andrew Young, Steny Hoyer, and others.
Source of Description:
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 11, 2020).