Faith-and-film expert the Rev. Edward McNulty shares his memories of going South in 1964 to help Black colleagues campaign for civil rights.
At the 60th Anniversary of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, the truth still matters
MEDGAR & MYRLIE
I have just finished reading Joy-Ann Reid’s new book MEDGAR & MYRLIE: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America–and can highly recommend it. I had known of the martyred NAACP leader even before I joined the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project way back in 1964. The three films in which he is portrayed greatly enhanced my …
Coming Soon. MLK/X, a New Series on Two Great Black Leaders
There is a wonderful limited (8 parts) series telling the parallel stories of Dr. MLK and Malcolm X scheduled to appear on the National Geographic Channel on Feb. 1, and then stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu, with two new episodes debuting weekly on all platforms. I have watched all 8 episodes & …
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More on Mississippi Summer Project
I was humbled and blessed by publisher David Crumm’s tribute to me this past week. He has such a distinguished career in journalism that such praise coming from him is especially appreciated. Since its founding in 1990 Visual Parables never has grown to become a major journal, but it has drawn a small group of …
Joan Baez I am a Noise (2023)
Like most of my generation, I loved Joan Baez, her clear soprano voice uniting us as we listened to her at civil rights events or played her records alone in our rooms at night sometimes so drawn in that we sang along. She seemed so sure and certain on a stage before thousands of fans, …
Rustin (2023)
The story behind the 1963 March on Washington is well-told, including the frank depiction of the genius leading its planning, Bayard Rustin.
Brother Outsider the Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
“The forgotten” man’s story who organized the March on Washington & taught MLK nonviolence is told in photos, archival footage & interviews.
Brother Outsider the Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
This documentary is great preparation for the dramatic film Rustin that I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. Until that dramatic feature film comes out on Nov. 3 in select theaters and then on Netflix Nov. 17, this exciting documentary about Bayard Rustin, often called the Civil Rights Movement’s “Forgotten Man” will whet …
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Two Must-See Films in November
Although I always look forward to the new films that the next month brings to us, I am especially excited about the two coming in November–JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM and RUSTIN. When I saw the first email announcing Journey, my reaction was, “Why another film of this familiar story? We already have The Nativity Story, a very well-made …
Upcoming CR Film in November: RUSTIN
I want to alert you to the new film Rustin, due out on November 3 in theaters and then on November 17, on Netflix. But first, a little background. Bayard Rustin is not as well known in the Civil Rights Pantheon as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, or even …