We Shall Overcome

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.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

58 min

Cast:

Harry Belafonte, Joan Baez

Quality:

HD

Director:

Jim Brown

Release:

1989

Country:

United States

Rating:

7.0