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58 min 1989 IMDb 7.0

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We Shall Overcome

Documentary

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee
Director Jim Brown
Status Released
Release Date 1989-01-01

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A documentary on the iconic song "We Shall Overcome" and its important legacy in the American Civil Rights movement, echoing all over the world as a recognizable song of struggle against social injustices. Singers and activists talk about its origins, used during a workers strike in the mid 1940's, and how the lyrics and its significance slightly changed in the next decades.

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