Slideshow
RALPH BUNCHE: AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY
U.S., 2001
Directed by William Greaves
Screenplay by William Greaves
Based on the biography by Brian Urquhart
Narrated by Sidney Poitier
Approx. 116 min.
The first in-depth documentary film about Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche (1903-1971): statesman, peace negotiator, leading intellectual, and scholar, who rose to the position of Under-Secretary General of the U.N. and was the first person of color to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950.
Presented with support from The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film
Presented with support from The Richard Brick, Geri Ashur, and Sara Bershtel Fund for Social Justice Documentaries