The March

Dec 31, 1964

0h 33m

★ 7.0

Overview

The March, also known as The March to Washington, is a 1964 documentary film by James Blue about the 1963 civil rights March on Washington. It was made for the Motion Picture Service unit of the United States Information Agency for use outside the United States – the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act prevented USIA films from being shown domestically without a special act of Congress. In 1990 Congress authorized these films to be shown in the U.S. twelve years after their initial release. In 2008, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (Wikipedia)

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

United States Information Agency (USIA)

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Cast

Self

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self

John Lewis

Self

Joan Baez

Self

Carl Rowan

Self

Marian Anderson

Self

James Farmer

Self

A. Philip Randolph

Self

Walter Reuther

Self

Bayard Rustin

Self

Roy Wilkins

Self

Whitney Young

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