''Summer in Mississippi'' is a 1965 Canadian documentary short from
Beryl Fox, produced by the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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and first shown on ''
This Hour Has Seven Days''.
Synopsis
Director/producer Beryl Fox traveled to Mississippi after the bodies of the three civil rights workers working for the
Freedom Summer project were found in August 1964. This cinéma-vérité documentary was made for the popular television news magazine program ''This Hour Has Seven Days''.
Awards
Canadian Film Award
The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually, except in 1974 when a number of Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted a cancellation. In the 1970s ...
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See also
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Civil rights movement in popular culture
The history of the 1954 to 1968 American civil rights movement has been depicted and documented in film, song, theater, television, and the visual arts. These presentations add to and maintain cultural awareness and understanding of the goals, tact ...
References
External links
''Summer in Mississippi''at
CBC
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1964 in Mississippi
1965 television films
1965 films
Canadian documentary television films
Canadian short documentary films
Documentary films about the civil rights movement
Films directed by Beryl Fox
Films set in Mississippi
Films shot in Mississippi
Civil rights movement in television
1960s Canadian films
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