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The First Rainbow Coalition(2019)

  • Documentary
7.5

Overview

Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police brutality and unfair housing practices in one of America’s most segregated cities. A timely story of collective action, The First Rainbow Coalition tells this little-known chronicle of political struggle with insight and urgency using archival footage and interviews with those who lived it.

Status:Released
Release Date:Oct 24, 2019
Runtime: 56m

Director:

Ray Santisteban

Top Cast

Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Lee

Bobby Lee

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Rush

Bobby Rush

Self (archive footage)

Official Videos

Official Trailer | The First Rainbow Coalition | Independent Lens | PBS

Official Trailer | The First Rainbow Coalition | Independent Lens | PBS

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