Nationtime: Gary

Synopsis

A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the political spectrum, among them Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory, Coretta Scott King, Richard Hatcher, Amiri Baraka, Charles Diggs, and H. Carl McCall.

CAST

William Greaves

Director

Sidney Poitier

Self - Narrator

Amiri Baraka

Self

Coretta Scott King

Self

Dick Gregory

Self

Jesse Jackson

Self

Bobby Seale

Self

Harry Belafonte

Self

Isaac Hayes

Self

Richard Roundtree

Self

Betty Shabazz

Self

Charles Diggs

Self

Walter Fauntroy

Self

Herman Carl McCall

Self

William Greaves

Director

Sidney Poitier

Self - Narrator

Amiri Baraka

Self

Coretta Scott King

Self

Dick Gregory

Self

Jesse Jackson

Self

Bobby Seale

Self

Harry Belafonte

Self

Isaac Hayes

Self

Richard Roundtree

Self

Betty Shabazz

Self

Charles Diggs

Self

Walter Fauntroy

Self

Herman Carl McCall

Self