The First Rainbow Coalition

56min

Documentary

Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police brutality and unfair housing practices in one of America’s most segregated cities. A timely story of collective action, The First Rainbow Coalition tells this little-known chronicle of political struggle with insight and urgency using archival footage and interviews with those who lived it.

Production Companies

Nantes Media, LLC

ITVS

Black Public Media

Latino Public Broadcasting

Cast

Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton

Self (archive footage)
Bobby Lee

Bobby Lee

Self (archive footage)
Bobby Rush

Bobby Rush

Self (archive footage)

Release date

24th Oct 2019

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English