CinemaOSMovie · 2019 · 0h 56m

The First Rainbow Coalition

76%(5)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byRay Santisteban

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 56m
Language
EN
Released
October 24, 2019
Studios
ITVSBlack Public MediaLatino Public Broadcasting

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Official Trailer | The First Rainbow Coalition | Independent Lens | PBS

Official Trailer | The First Rainbow Coalition | Independent Lens | PBS

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3 credited
Starring
Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Lee

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Rush

Bobby Rush

Self (archive footage)

Creative team
Directed by
Ray Santisteban
Produced by
Ray Santisteban

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