Movie Details
Original Language:English
The Bus
"Members of a Bay Area chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality ride a chartered Greyhound bus crosscountry to the March for Jobs and Freedom"Movie
1 hr 2 minDocumentary
Plot
The struggle for civil rights has been one of the most important issues of American life for the last fifty years In August of 1963 groups from all over the country journeyed to Washington DC for a massive demonstration and this film is a fascinating document of this event Celebrated filmmaker Haskell Wexler Medium Cool traveled with the San Francisco delegation photographing and conversing candidly with the participants He has succeeded admirably in capturing the significance and drama of this historic trip
