Name: Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
Director: Ric Burns
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-10-13
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Eric Avila, Tamara Banks, Herb Boyd, Leah Chase, Spencer Crew

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

8.0·2020·115 min·English·Directed by Ric Burns

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

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