On June 15, 2021, we hosted a free screening of a the recently restored William Greave’s documentary Nationtime in partnership with Betty Sawyer & Utah Juneteenth and Heritage Festival as part of Black, Bold, & Brilliant Film Night. Do you have questions or looking for resources after watching the film? Here is a list of resources about the filmmaker and subject matter, plus a recording of the post-film discussion recorded after the screening:
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- Learn more about the film
- Website of the film’s distributor
- IMDB Page
- Where to watch the film – Apple TV, Amazon, YouTube, Criterion Channel, Kino (the film’s distributor)
- Chicago Crusader article from 2020 – “A Gary native reflects on what ‘Nationtime’ means today”
- Learn more about filmmaker William Greaves
- Website
- Wikipedia
- IMDB page
- The HistoryMakers
- Interview – African American Legends: William Greaves, Documentary Filmmaker – Youtube/CUNY TV
- Wealth of a Nation, early film by William Greaves – YouTube/US National Archives
- The New Yorker article from 2015 – “The Daring, Original, and Overlooked “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One”
- New York Times obituary from 2014 – “William Greaves, a Documentarian and Pioneering Journalist, Dies at 87”
- Firelight Media’s William Greaves Fund
- Additional resources
- Blackpast article – “(1972) Gary Declaration, National Black Political Convention”
- Black Journal Episode from 1972 – “Is It Too Late: Black Leaders Discussion” via YouTube/AfroMarxist
- Black Journal Episode from 1973 – “Black Leaders Discussion feat. Angela Davis, Kwame Ture & Fannie Lou Hamer” via YouTube/AfroMarxist
- Post-film discussion from our June 15, 2021 free screening
- Moderator:
- Russell Roots, Utah Film Center
- Guests:
- Betty Sawyer
- President of Ogden branch of the NAACP and Director of Project Success Coalition
- Sandra Hollins
- Utah State Representative, District 23
- James Evans
- Former Utah State Senator and Utah GOP Chairman
- Darlene McDonald
- Author and Activist, DNC Committeewoman for Utah
- Byron Russell
- Co-Chair Utah Multicultural Commission and Utah Film Center board member
- Betty Sawyer
- Moderator:
