Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

Name: Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
Director: Ric Burns
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-10-13
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 8.0
Cast: Eric Avila, Tamara Banks, Herb Boyd, Leah Chase, Spencer Crew

Documentary

October 13, 20201h 55m8.0 / 10

Overview

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.

Director

Ric Burns

Production

Artemis RisingJustFilms / Ford Foundation

Cast

Eric AvilaSelf - Professor of History, UCLA

Tamara BanksSelf - Journalist

Herb BoydSelf - “Black Detroit” Author

Leah ChaseSelf - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant

Spencer CrewSelf - Smithsonian Interim Director

Walter EdwardsSelf - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance