We Shall Overcome (1989)
58 min
A documentary on the iconic song "We Shall Overcome" and its important legacy in the American Civil Rights movement, echoing all over the world as a recognizable song of struggle against social injustices. Singers and activists talk about its origins, used during a workers strike in the mid 1940's, and how the lyrics and its significance slightly changed in the next decades.
- Release date
- January 1, 1989
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Joan Baez as Self
- Harry Belafonte as Narrator
- Julian Bond as Self
- Guy Carawan as Self
- Dorothy Cotton as Self
- Lillie Doster as Self
- The Freedom Singers as Self
- Myles Horton as Self
- Bernard Lafayette as Self
- Chuck McDew as Self
Crew
- Jim Brown · Director
- Ginger Brown · Producer
- Jim Brown · Producer
- Harold Leventhal · Producer
- George C. Stoney · Producer
- Jim Brown · Cinematographer
- Kenneth Levis · Editor