I Am Somebody

About I Am Somebody

Madeline Anderson’s documentary brings viewers to the front lines of the civil rights movement during the 1969 Charleston hospital workers’ strike, when 400 poorly paid Black women went on strike to demand union recognition and a wage increase, only to find themselves in confrontation with the National Guard and the state government. Anderson personally participated in the strike, along with such…

I Am Somebody is a 1970 documentary film directed by Madeline Anderson. Ralph Abernathy takes the lead as Self, Coretta Scott King as Self, Andrew Young as Self, and Claire Brown as Self - Narrator.

At 30 minutes long, it arrived in January 1970.

Members will find race and equality in it. It streams on Criterion Channel, DocuramaFilms Amazon Channel, and Fandor Amazon Channel in the United States.

13th, The Red Pill, and Hairspray Live! make useful companions to I Am Somebody.