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American revolutionary : the evolution of Grace Lee Boggs /

"What does it mean to be an American revolutionary today? Grace Lee Boggs is a 98-year-old Chinese American writer, activist, and philosopher in Detroit. Rooted for more than 70 years in the African American movement, she has devoted her life to an evolving revolution that encompasses the contr...

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Main Author: Maddala, Vivek (Composer)
Other Authors: Lee, Grace (Grace Yoon-Kyung) (Producer, Director), Libresco, Caroline (Producer), Wilkin, Austin (Producer), Glover, Danny, Ayers, William, 1944-, Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Putnam, Julia, Roberts, Kim (Motion picture editor), Henry, Jerry (Cinematographer), Trà̂n, Quyẻ̂n (Cinematographer)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English; Spanish subtitles; closed captioned.
Published: [United States] : LeeLee Films, [2013]
Subjects:
Boggs, Grace Lee.
Chinese American women > Michigan > Detroit > Biography.
Political activists > Michigan > Detroit > Biography.
Women radicals > Michigan > Detroit > Biography.
Chinese Americans > Michigan > Detroit > Biography.
Chinese American women.
Chinese Americans.
Political activists.
Women radicals.
Michigan > Detroit.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Biography.
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Summary:"What does it mean to be an American revolutionary today? Grace Lee Boggs is a 98-year-old Chinese American writer, activist, and philosopher in Detroit. Rooted for more than 70 years in the African American movement, she has devoted her life to an evolving revolution that encompasses the contradictions of America's past and its potentially radical future. [This documentary presents] Boggs's lifetime of vital thinking and action, traversing the major U.S. social movements of the last century; from labor to civil rights, to Black Power, feminism, the Asian American and environmental justice movements and beyond"--Container.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2013.
Bonus features include: A conversation with Grace Lee Boggs at USC in 2009, On revolution, UC Berkeley 2012, Filmmaker's commentary, 2 deleted scenes, Grace Lee Boggs day at the James and Grace Lee Boggs School, Grace's reaction to the film.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:01:24:00
Format:DVD format; NTSC, widescreen; stereo and 5.1 soundtracks.
Production Credits:Editor, Kim Roberts; cinematography, Jerry A. Henry, Quyen Tran; music by Vivek Maddala.
ISBN:9780989972604
0989972607
9780989927611
098992761X