The First Rainbow Coalition
First aired on Oct 24, 2019
Runtime: 56 mins
80%
Genres: Documentary
Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police brutality and unfair housing practices in one of America’s most segregated cities. A timely story of collective action, The First Rainbow Coalition tells this little-known chronicle of political struggle with insight and urgency using archival footage and interviews with those who lived it.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
Fred Hampton | Self (archive footage)
Bobby Lee | Self (archive footage)
Bobby Rush | Self (archive footage)
Featured Crew
Ray Santisteban | Director
Sally Jo Fifer | Executive Producer
Sandie Viquez Pedlow | Executive Producer
Lois Vossen | Executive Producer
Leslie Fields-Cruz | Executive Producer
Susanne Mason | Associate Producer
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