Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain

Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 28, 2020

Runtime

0h 55m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain

Production Companies

JustFilms / Ford Foundation

Director

Dawn Porter

Description

From filmmaker Dawn Porter (who earlier this year directed "John Lewis: Good Trouble"), the film explores the remarkable journey of Jordan from modest Southern origins to national renown as a pioneering attorney, businessman, civil rights leader, and as a fixture (could one also say a "fixer?") on the DC scene. Jordan's story is told principally through a chronological narration of his life and accomplishment, most of it taken from recent (2019) interviews with and narration by Jordan himself. His early life in Atlanta is limned, where Jordan describes the treasured influence of his mother Mary and his early academic successes (including a law degree from Howard University). His activities in the civil rights movement in the 1960's and 1970's are highlighted, culminating in his ten-year tenure as director of the Urban League.