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Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

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Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

8.0

1h 55m

2020

Synopsis

Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today.

Director

Gretchen Sorin

Ric Burns

Trailer

Documentary

police brutalityracism

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Cast & Crew

Eric Avila

as Self - Professor of History, UCLA

Tamara Banks

as Self - Journalist

Herb Boyd

as Self - “Black Detroit” Author

Leah Chase

as Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant

Spencer Crew

as Self - Smithsonian Interim Director

Walter Edwards

as Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance

Lolis Eric Elie

as Self - Writer

Carolyn Finney

as Self - Author

Kathleen Franz

as Self - Author

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