Nationtime - Gary

1972
1h 20m

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7.2/10

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Harry Belafonte and Isaac Hayes in Nationtime - Gary (1972)

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A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered voices from across the political spectrum.A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered voices from across the political spectrum.A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered voices from across the political spectrum.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

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- 1 win total

Self
(as Imamu Amiri Baraka)

Charles C. Diggs Jr.

Self
(as Congressman Charles C. Diggs)

Richard Hatcher

Self
(as Mayor Richard Gordon Hatcher)

Walter Fauntroy

Self
(as Congressman Walter Fauntroy)

Jesse Jackson

Self
(as Reverend Jesse Jackson)

Coretta Scott King

Self
(as Mrs. Coretta Scott King)

Bobby Seale

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Betty Shabazz

Self
(as Mrs. Betty Shabazz)

Harry Belafonte

Self - Poems recited by

Ben Branch

Self

Kelan Phil Cohran

Self
(as Phil Cohran)

Dick Gregory

Self

Isaac Hayes

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The Jackson Family

Self

Byron Lewis

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Queen Mother Moore

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Richard Roundtree

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Owusu Sadaukai

Self

Director
- William Greaves
Writer
- William Greaves
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Richard Hatcher: I believe that the 70s will be the decade of an independent black political thrust. It's destiny will depend up us here at Gary this afternoon. How shall we respond? Will we walk in unity or disperse in a thousand different directions? Will we stand for principals or settle for a mess of pottage? Will we maintain our integrity or will we succumb to the man's temptation? Will we act like free black men or like timid, shivering chattels? Will we do what must be done? These are the questions confronting this Convention and we - you and I - are the only ones that can answer them and history will be the judge.

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Featured review

8/10

Still Scary

The National Black Political Convention, or the Gary Convention, was held on March 10-12, 1972 in Gary, Indiana. This movie recounts the highlights of that event, with narration by Sidney Poitier

Time is supposed to heal all wounds. More than half a century after the events in this movie, I find it makes me fearful. It's filled with angry people, shouting. When Bobby Seale is at the microphone, he shouts. My immediate reaction was surprise: doesn't the convention have an amplification system? Then I realized this was a style of speech-making developed for speaking to crowds when there were no amps. In a closed hall, with a sound system, it's angry. Half a century ago, had I seen this, it would have frightened me. It still does today.