I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)
95 min
Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades. From Selma and Birmingham and Atlanta; to the battleground beaches of St. Augustine, Florida, with Chinua Achebe; and back north for a visit to Newark with Amiri Baraka, Baldwin lays bare the fiction of progress in post–Civil Rights America, wondering “what happened to the children” and those 'who did not die, but whose lives were smashed on Freedom Road'.
- Release date
- March 3, 1982
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- James Baldwin
- David Baldwin Jr. as James Baldwin's brother
- Chinua Achebe as Self
- Amiri Baraka as Self
- Sterling Brown as Self
- Carlton Reese Memorial Unity Choir as Self
- David Dennis as Self
- Hoyt Fuller as Self
- Oretha Castle Haley as Self
Crew
- David Baldwin · Archive footage
- Dick Fontaine · Director
- Pat Hartley · Director
- Ivan Strasburg · Cinematographer