James Forman

In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created freedom schools, and established the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Fifty years later, eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen archival material tell their story. Not all of them would make it through.

Documentaire tourné à Oakland (Californie) au cours des manifestations autour du procès de Huey Newton, leader des activistes noirs… Au temps où les Black Panthers avaient un programme et des projets, avec entraînement des troupes, meetings, danses et déclarations, au temps où les Black Panthers inquiétaient les USA.

James Forman, a 31-year-old public defender and son of a civil rights leader, provides representation for black youth in Washington, D.C., who can't afford their own attorneys in this riveting documentary that goes inside the criminal justice system. Director Kirsten Johnson's award-winning film also sheds light on the difficulties that ex-offenders face when trying to break the cycle of crime and imprisonment.