Overview
The film explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of a Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist and one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders. Throughout the 1960s, Fannie Lou Hamer established a legacy of civil rights and human rights activism that remains relevant to this day – especially among Black youth.
Director
Joy Elaine Davenport
Production
American DocumentaryGBH WORLD ChannelThe Bitter SouthernerBlack Public MediaPBS