The First Rainbow Coalition

The First Rainbow Coalition

2019
56m
7.5

7.5/10

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Overview

Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police brutality and unfair housing practices in one of America’s most segregated cities. A timely story of collective action, The First Rainbow Coalition tells this little-known chronicle of political struggle with insight and urgency using archival footage and interviews with those who lived it.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Nantes Media, LLC ITVS Black Public Media Latino Public Broadcasting
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date October 24, 2019
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt10984420
Website Visit Site

Cast

Fred Hampton
Fred Hampton

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Lee
Bobby Lee

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Rush
Bobby Rush

Self (archive footage)

Key Crew

Ray Santisteban
Director
Sally Jo Fifer
Executive Producer
Sandie Viquez Pedlow
Executive Producer
Lois Vossen
Executive Producer
Leslie Fields-Cruz
Executive Producer
Ray Santisteban
Producer