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Best known for his avant-garde meta-documentary Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, William Greaves (1926–2014) was also the director of over 100 documentary films, the majority focused on African American history, politics, and culture. NATIONTIME—GARY is a report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered black voices from across the political spectrum, among them Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory, Coretta Scott King, Richard Hatcher, Amiri Baraka, Charles Diggs, and H. Carl McCall. Narrated by Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte, the film was considered too militant for television broadcast at the time and has since circulated only in an edited 60-minute version. This new 4K restoration from IndieCollect, with funding from Jane Fonda and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, returns the film to its original 79-minute length and visual quality.
Original Release
11/01/1972
US Release
10/23/2020
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Charles C. Diggs Jr. | Self |
| Richard Hatcher | Self |
| Walter Fauntroy | Himself / Self |
| Jesse Jackson | Himself / Self |
| Coretta Scott King | Herself / Self |
| Bobby Seale | Self / Himself |
| Betty Shabazz | Herself / Self |
| Ben Branch | Self |
| Kelan Phil Cohran | Self |
| Dick Gregory | Self / Himself |
Directors
Writers
Amiri Baraka, Langston Hughes, William Greaves
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Charles C. Diggs Jr. | Self |
| Richard Hatcher | Self |
| Walter Fauntroy | Himself / Self |
| Jesse Jackson | Himself / Self |
| Coretta Scott King | Herself / Self |
| Bobby Seale | Self / Himself |
| Betty Shabazz | Herself / Self |
| Ben Branch | Self |
| Kelan Phil Cohran | Self |
| Dick Gregory | Self / Himself |
| Isaac Hayes | Self / Himself |
| The Jackson Family | Self |
| Byron Lewis | Self |
| Queen Mother Moore | Self |
| Owusu Sadaukai | Self |
| Lou House | Self |
| Sidney Poitier | Self - Narrator / Narrator |
| Al Freeman Jr. | Self |
| Amiri Baraka | Himself / Self |
| Meriç Benlioglu | Self / Himself |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| William Greaves | Producer |
