Movie Description

The First Rainbow Coalition

(2019)

Overview

Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police brutality and unfair housing practices in one of America’s most segregated cities. A timely story of collective action, The First Rainbow Coalition tells this little-known chronicle of political struggle with insight and urgency using archival footage and interviews with those who lived it.

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Original TitleThe First Rainbow Coalition

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2019-10-24

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 00h 56m

Homepagehttp://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/the-first-rainbow-coalition/

Production CompaniesNantes Media, LLC,ITVS,Black Public Media (BPM),Latino Public Broadcasting

Genres

  • Documentary