At the River I Stand
VHS and DVD
56 minutes, 1993
Directors: David Appleby, Allison Graham and Steven Ross
ABOUT THE FILM
1994 Erik Barnouw Award for Best Documentary, Organization of American Historians
Memphis, Spring 1968, marked the dramatic climax of the Civil Rights movement. At the River I Stand skillfully reconstructs the two eventful months that transformed a local labor dispute into a national conflagration, and disentangles the complex historical forces that came together with the inevitability of tragedy at the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This 58-minute documentary brings into sharp relief issues that have only become more urgent in the intervening years: the connection between economic and civil rights, the debate over violent vs. nonviolent change, and the demand for full inclusion of African Americans in American life.
Available at the MSU Libraries, Digital and Multimedia Center. Contact Mr. John Shaw, 517-432-6123 × 287