I Am Somebody by Madeline Anderson
Film

I Am Somebody (1970)

Directed By

Thursday, October 25, NMAAHC
Runtime: 30 min

This political documentary highlights the power of collective action by showing how black hospital workers on strike in Charleston, South Carolina united to demand better working conditions in 1969. 

 

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