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9 minutes
Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer gives her impassioned testimony and a prophetic warning to the country.
Considered the midwife of the modern American Democratic Party, Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer gives her impassioned testimony and a prophetic warning to the country. FANNIE is a riveting portrait of the human rights, voting rights, and civil rights icon and her ground-breaking speech in front of the Democratic National Convention's credentials committee on August 22, 1964. Starring Academy-nominated actress Aunjanue Ellis, this powerful short is directed by Christine Swanson.
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