Nationtime

1h 20m
Documentary
8

A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the political spectrum, among them Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory, Coretta Scott King, Richard Hatcher, Amiri Baraka, Charles Diggs, and H. Carl McCall.

Cast

Sidney Poitier
Self - Narrator
Amiri Baraka
Self
Coretta Scott King
Self
Dick Gregory
Self
Jesse Jackson
Self
Bobby Seale
Self
Harry Belafonte
Self
Isaac Hayes
Self
Richard Roundtree
Self
Betty Shabazz
Self
Charles Diggs
Self
Walter Fauntroy
Self
Herman Carl McCall
Self

Crew

William Greaves
Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography, Producer
Amiri Baraka
Writer
Langston Hughes
Writer
David Greaves
Assistant Editor, Cinematography
Jane Fonda
Producer
Israel Ehrisman
Producer
Louise Greaves
Producer
Sandra Schulberg
Producer
Donald Greaves
Sound

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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library