An award-winning documentary that recovers a lost chapter of American history.
Documentary filmmaker Clennon L. King spent years researching and interviewing the participants of the St. Augustine Civil Rights campaign to create this comprehensive account of one of the most consequential — and least remembered — battles of the Movement. The film weaves together archival footage, photographs, and first-person testimony to reconstruct the 15-month campaign that changed America.
Institutions both large and small have found King's two-hour presentation timely, eye-opening, and engaging. With brief introductory remarks, King segues into the documentary and rounds out the program with a spirited question and answer session, allowing audiences to mark history, assess its relevance to the here-and-now, and decide whether they want to repeat it.