Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
2020 · 1h 55m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
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
Editor: Emir Lewis
Cast
Eric Avila as Self - Professor of History, UCLATamara Banks as Self - JournalistHerb Boyd as Self - “Black Detroit” AuthorLeah Chase as Self - Owner, Dooky Chase RestaurantSpencer Crew as Self - Smithsonian Interim DirectorWalter Edwards as Self - Chairman, Harlem Business AllianceLolis Eric Elie as Self - WriterCarolyn Finney as Self - AuthorKathleen Franz as Self - AuthorAllyson Hobbs as Self - Professor of History, Stanford UniversityKenneth Jackson as Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia UniversityJennifer Reut as Self - Architectural HistorianMore like this
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