Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired The Civil Rights Movement (2009)

  
Format:  Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired The Civil Rights Movement DVD 
 
 
Some spoke. Many marched. Others composed and performed music to encourage America to accept the ideals of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. This emotionally potent documentary focuses on the artists and performers behind the "soundtrack" of civil rights, featuring archival footage and interviews with Chuck D., Isaac Hayes, Gladys Knight, Pete Seeger, and others. Narrated by Louis Gossett, Jr. 90 min. Soundtrack: English; bonus footage.
 
SKU: D01305
$17.99
Regularly $19.99
Category:
Documentary
Rated:
NR
Color:
Color
Format: 
Fullscreen
Closed Captioned:
 No
(2004) DVD - $14.99
(2004) DVD - Starring: Stockard Channing - $19.99
 

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