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The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
Directed by
  • Robin Fryday
  • Produced by
  • Wendy Ettinger
  • Robin Fryday
  • Abby Ginzberg
  • Judith Helfand
  • Joslyn Rose Lyons
  • Cinematography
    • Vicente Franco
  • Ashley James
  • Allen Rosen
  • Edited byKim Roberts, Jacob Steingroot
    Distributed byThe Video Project (educational)[1]

    Release date

    • January 2011 (2011-01) (Sundance)

    Running time

    25 minutes
    CountryUnited States
    LanguageEnglish

    The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement is a 2011 documentary film about James Armstrong, one of the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement.

    Summary[edit]

    AWorld War II veteran and an original flag bearer for the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, Armstrong has run a voter education program out of his barbershop in Birmingham, Alabama for 50 years. The film was co-directed and produced by Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday.

    Accolades[edit]

    It premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, three months after Dolgin's death in October 2010 from breast cancer. It was named best short documentary at the Ashland Independent Film Festival.[2][3] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 84th Academy Awards.[4] It later aired on television on the PBS series POV.

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement". The Video Project. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  • ^ "TRIBUTE TO GAIL DOLGIN". IFC Center. Thom Powers. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  • ^ Miller, Jeff. "Special Screening Announced of 'The Barber of Birmingham'". The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  • ^ "THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM: FOOT SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT". 84th Academy Awards. ABC.com. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
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