2011 American film
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement Directed by Produced by Cinematography Edited by Kim Roberts, Jacob Steingroot Distributed by The Video Project (educational)[1] Release date
January 2011 (2011-01 ) (Sundance)
Running time
25 minutes Country United States Language English
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement is a 2011 documentary film about James Armstrong, one of the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement .
Summary
A World War II veteran and an original flag bearer for the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches , Armstrong has run a voter education program out of his barbershop in Birmingham, Alabama for 50 years. The film was co-directed and produced by Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday .
Accolades
It premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival , three months after Dolgin's death in October 2010 from breast cancer . It was named best short documentary at the Ashland Independent Film Festival .[2] [3] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 84th Academy Awards .[4] It later aired on television on the PBS series POV .
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