ANSWER Film Series - "At the River I Stand"

ANSWER Film Series – in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary of his death
“At the River I Stand” with a report on the life of MLK and his role in the anti-war movement
at ATA (Artists’ Television Access) 992 Valencia St. at 21st
$5 donation

Memphis, Spring 1968, marked the dramatic climax of the Civil Rights movement. At the River I Stand skillfully reconstructs the two eventful months that transformed a local labor dispute into a national conflagration, and disentangles the complex historical forces that came together with the inevitability of tragedy at the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This 58-minute documentary brings into sharp relief issues that have only become more urgent in the intervening years: the connection between economic and civil rights, the debate over violent vs. nonviolent change, and the demand for full inclusion of African Americans in American life. 58m, 1993.