Rogosin took the fight for equality to his homeland with his astonishing and powerful fourth feature Black Roots. The film| which is ripe for rediscovery| featuredan extraordinary cast| including Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick; attorney and feminist activist Florynce ""Flo"" Kennedy; and musicians Jim Collier| WendeSmith| Larry Johnson and Reverend Gary Davis. All tell stories of heartbreak and despair while their songs blow the roof off the rafters. In an extension of thefamed shebeen scenes in Come Back| Africa| the participants in Black Roots spoke openly about politics and race in a way that is still rarely seen on screen. In1970| it was a radical and daring move by a great director. A deeply humanist film| Black Roots combines tales of oppression with hauntingly beautiful images of thefaces of black men| women and children.
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* SIZE ...... 3.3 GiB * DURATION .. 1 h 3 min * VIDEO ..... x264 960x720 7,208Kbps @ 24fps * AUDIO ..... English FLAC 221Kbps 2ch * SUBS ...... English
* LINK ...... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196121 * RATING .... 7.3/10 from 40 users * GENRE ..... Documentary SAD-SAD-SADPANDA!