The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement

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Movie
Original title The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
Country of production United States of America
original language English
Publishing year 2011
length 19 minutes
Rod
Director Gail Dolgin , Robin Fryday
production Gail Dolgin, Robin Fryday, Judith Helfand, Julie Parker Benello, Wendy Ettinger, Abby Ginzberg
music Elliot Cahn
camera Vicente Franco, Ashley James, Allen Rosen
cut Kim Roberts, Jacob Steingroot

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement is a 2011 short documentary film directed by Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday .

The film premiered on January 22, 2011 at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival . At the Ashland Independent Film Festival 2011, the film won the award in the “Best Short Documentary” category. On January 24, 2012, there was a nomination for an Oscar 2012 in the category Best Documentary Short Film .

The documentation was broadcast in August 2012 on the PBS channel as part of the POV documentary series.

action

The short documentary tells the story of James Armstrong, a hairdresser from Birmingham . James Armstrong, a veteran of the Second World War , was a member of the civil rights movement in America between 1955 and 1968. Armstrong was one of the flag bearers at the Selma-to-Montgomery march in 1965. He also fought for the approval of his two sons on a - up to this point in time - elementary school with pure fair-skinned children. He is described as the movement's " foot soldier ". In the documentary he tells of the civil rights movement of that time and his experiences.

background

Robin Fryday met Armstrong when she came to Birmingham in 2008 to make a documentary about the everyday heroes of the civil rights movement. The reason for this was the possible nomination of Barack Obama as the first African-American president. She was made aware of Armstrong. Fryday saw him as a "strong protagonist" and started looking for a partner for the documentary. She was introduced to Gail Dolgin, with whom Fryday ultimately worked on the project.

James Armstrong died of heart failure on November 18, 2009 at the age of 86 . Shortly before his death, he saw an early version of the short documentary.

Three months and fifteen days before the Sundance premiere, on October 7, 2010, co-director Gail Dolgin died of breast cancer .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sundance Film Festival: The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement ( Memento of October 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement - Awards. In: IMDb. Retrieved September 18, 2017 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c Bob Carlton: 'Barber of Birmingham' nominated for Academy Award for best documentary short subject. In: al.com. Alabama Media Group, January 24, 2012, accessed September 18, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Cathy Fisher, Cynthia López: 'POV Short Cuts' Offer Brief Documentary Encounters in Five New Short Films Premiering on PBS on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. PBS pressroom, July 9, 2012, accessed on September 18, 2017 (English) .
  5. ^ Bob Carlton: Academy Award nomination opens doors for civil rights documentary 'The Barber of Birmingham'. In: al.com. Alabama Media Group, January 27, 2012, accessed September 18, 2017 .
  6. ^ The Barber of Birmingham: About the Film ( March 31, 2016 memento in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ The Barber of Birmingham: Background of the Film, ( Memento of March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ^ The Barber of Birmingham: Who We Are: James Armstrong ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ The Barber of Birmingham: Who We Are: Gail Dolgin ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Carolyn Jones: Gail Dolgin, Oscar-nominated documentarian, dies. In: sfgate.com. Hearst Communications, Inc., October 22, 2010, accessed September 18, 2017 .

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