Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

8.0

2020

1h 55m

Documentary

Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today.

Key Crew

Director

Gretchen Sorin

Producers

Kathryn Clinard

Emily Pfeil

Emir Lewis

Cast (17)

Eric Avila

Self - Professor of History, UCLA

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