Slideshow
NATIONTIME
U.S., 1972
Directed by William Greaves
Narrated by Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte
Starring Amiri Baraka, Jesse Jackson, Coretta Scott King, Bobby Seale, Charles C. Diggs
Approx. 80 min. 4K restoration.
A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the political spectrum, among them Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory, Coretta Scott King, Dr. Betty Shabazz, Richard Hatcher, Amiri Baraka, Charles C. Diggs, Isaac Hayes, Richard Roundtree, and H. Carl McCall. The film was considered too militant for television broadcast at the time and has since circulated only in an edited 58-minute version. This 4K restoration from IndieCollect, with funding from Jane Fonda and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, returns the film to its original 80-minute length and visual quality.
4K restoration by IndieCollect.
Presented with support from The Richard Brick, Geri Ashur, and Sara Bershtel Fund for Social Justice Documentaries and The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film
Reviews
“Buzzes with long-term historical power.”
– Richard Brody, The New Yorker
“Resurrects a remarkable 1972 time capsule of American politicking at the root. It’s a snapshot of ground-level organizing... lifted up by sky-high oratory.”
– Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune