Nationtime
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1h 20m
Directed by William Greaves • Documentary • 1972 • US • English
Featuring Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Amiri Baraka
Narrated by Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte, "Nationtime" is a report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana in 1972, an event that gathered Black voices from across the political spectrum, among them Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory, Coretta Scott King, Dr. Betty Shabazz, Richard Hatcher, Amiri Baraka, Charles Diggs, Isaac Hayes, Richard Roundtree and H. Carl McCall.
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