13 October 2020 Factual 115 mins
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.
Watch the official Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America 2020 trailer in HD below.
Eric Avila as Self - Professor of History, UCLA
Tamara Banks as Self - Journalist
Herb Boyd as Self - “Black Detroit” Author
Leah Chase as Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant
Spencer Crew as Self - Smithsonian Interim Director
Walter Edwards as Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance
Lolis Eric Elie as Self - Writer
Carolyn Finney as Self - Author
Kathleen Franz as Self - Author
Allyson Hobbs as Self - Professor of History, Stanford University
Kenneth Jackson as Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University
Jennifer Reut as Self - Architectural Historian
Fath Ruffins as Self - Smithsonian Curator
Thomas J. Sugrue as Self - Professor of History, NYU
Candacy Taylor as Self - Author
Christopher West as Self - Professor of History, Pasadena City College
Ric Burns Director
Emir Lewis Editor
Emir Lewis Producer
Kathryn Clinard Producer
Gretchen Sorin Director
Margaret Munzer Loeb Executive Producer
Emily Pfeil Producer
Greg Sorin Co-Producer
United States 13 October 2020
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