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They Say I'm Your Teacher

They Say I'm Your Teacher

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 17, 2019

Runtime

0h 9m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

They Say I'm Your Teacher

Production Companies

Buenas Obras Fund, Orchard House Foundation, The Rosa Parks Fund

Director

Lucy Massie Phenix

Description

Created from the 16mm archive of the groundbreaking "You Got to Move" (a 1985 film about educating activists in the civil rights and labor movements at the legendary Highlander Center), "They Say I'm Your Teacher" focuses on another agent of change, Bernice Robinson. This hairdresser from South Carolina sought to extend voter registration by teaching at Citizenship Education Schools.