Nationtime (1972) | May 31

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. – JustWatch.com

Director: William Greaves

Cast: Sidney Poitier, Amiri Baraka, Coretta Scott King, Dick Gregory, Jesse Jackson, Bobby Seale, Harry Belafonte, Isaac Hayes

Country: United States

Distributor: Kino Lorber

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 20 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel

Special Programming: Documentary Cinema, Classic Cinema

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Author: Josh Hornbeck

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