All Power to the People
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| Directed by | Lee Lew-Lee |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
All Power to the People is a 1996 documentary by Lee Lew-Lee about American race relations and the Civil Rights Movement and covers slavery, civil-rights activists, assassinations and methods used to divide and destroy key figures. It moves beyond that era into covering Ronald Reagan-era events, privacy threats from new technologies, and the failure of the War on Drugs. It is composed primarily of archival footage and interviews. Interviewees include ex-Central Intelligence Agency officer Philip Agee, Life magazine journalist/filmmaker Gordon Parks, decorated FBI Special Agent M. Wesley Swearingen, and various 1960s political radicals such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. It covers both the virtues and faults of these civil rights leaders and activists.[1]
Broadcast in 24 countries on 12 networks in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia & Australia between 1997 and 2000.
Awards
- Best Historical Documentary, National Black Programming Consortium (ITVS/PBS) 1998
- Black Filmworks Award, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame 1998
- Best Director, 2nd pl, Gordon Parks Award (MTV/ IFP) 1998
- Critic's Award, Southern Film Festival 1999
- Paul Robeson Award for Excellence in Independent Filmmaking, The Newark Film Festival (Mobil Oil / Newark Museum) 1997
- Robert Townsend Tenacity Award, Roy W. Dean Awards, 1997
- Paul Robeson Grant Award, Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media, 1997
- The Windy City International Documentary Festival (Columbia College, Chicago), 1997
- The Grand Prize, Roy W. Dean Awards, 1995