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I Heard It Through the Grapevine

7.019821h 32mMovieDocumentaryHistory

Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades. From Selma and Birmingham and Atlanta; to…

DirectorsPat Hartley·Dick Fontaine
WriterJames Baldwin
ProducersPat Hartley·Dick Fontaine

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Cast · Directed by Pat Hartley

JBJames Baldwin
James Baldwin
DB
David Baldwin
CA
Chinua Achebe
Self
ABAmiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka
Self
SB
Sterling Brown
Self
DD
David Dennis
Self
HF
Hoyt Fuller
Self
OH
Oretha Castle Haley
Self
LK
Lonnie King
Self
AP
Amanda Bowens Perdew
Self
CS
Charles Sherrod
Self
FSFred Lee Shuttlesworth
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Self

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I Heard It Through the Grapevine is streaming on Criterion Channel in United States. It's not currently on Netflix.

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