Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
8.0
|Documentary
2020-10-13
115 mins
The Plot
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.
Cast and Crew
Eric Avila
Self - Professor of History, UCLA
Tamara Banks
Self - Journalist
Herb Boyd
Self - “Black Detroit” Author
Leah Chase
Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant
Spencer Crew
Self - Smithsonian Interim Director
Walter Edwards
Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance
Lolis Eric Elie
Self - Writer
Carolyn Finney
Self - Author
Kathleen Franz
Self - Author
Allyson Hobbs
Self - Professor of History, Stanford University
Kenneth Jackson
Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University
Jennifer Reut
Self - Architectural Historian
Fath Ruffins
Self - Smithsonian Curator
Thomas J. Sugrue
Self - Professor of History, NYU
Candacy Taylor
Self - Author
Christopher West
Self - Professor of History, Pasadena City College