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Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today.

Documentary

Release: 2020-10-13Runtime: 115 minRating: 8 (3)

Cast

Eric Avila

Self - Professor of History, UCLA

Tamara Banks

Self - Journalist

Herb Boyd

Self - “Black Detroit” Author

Leah Chase

Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant

Spencer Crew

Self - Smithsonian Interim Director

Walter Edwards

Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance

Lolis Eric Elie

Self - Writer

Carolyn Finney

Self - Author

Kathleen Franz

Self - Author

Allyson Hobbs

Self - Professor of History, Stanford University

Crew

Gretchen Sorin

Director

Emir Lewis

Editor

Ric Burns

Ric Burns

Director

Greg Sorin

Co-Producer

Kathryn Clinard

Producer

Margaret Munzer Loeb

Executive Producer

Emily Pfeil

Producer

Emir Lewis

Producer

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Driving While Black Trailer

Driving While Black Trailer

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