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[Trailer] Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power

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A fight for African-American voting rights in mid-1960s Lowndes County, Alabama.

In the mid-1960s, Lowndes County, Alabama had zero registered Black voters despite an 80% Black population. Through first person accounts and searing archival footage, this documentary chronicles the citizens' movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers led by Stokely Carmichael who risked their lives for Black voting rights.

Genre: Documentary, History

Original Language English

Director: Geeta Gandbhir, Samuel D. Pollard

Producer: Jessica Devaney, Anya Rous, Dema Paxton Fofang

Writer: Dema Paxton Fofang

Release Date (Theaters): Dec 2, 2022  Limited

Release Date (Streaming): Dec 2, 2022

Runtime: 1h 29m

Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment


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