Revolution '67 is a 2007 documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 about the black rebellions of the 1960s. With the philosophy of nonviolence giving way to the Black Power

Black Power

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 Movement, race riots were breaking out in Jersey City, Harlem

Harlem

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, and Watts, Los Angeles. In 1967, black Newark taxi driver John Smith was arrested for a traffic violation and allegedly beaten and killed. Revolution '67 details Newark's reaction to the incident.

Revolution '67 was produced and directed by Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno and was aired on PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

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 as part of its Point of View

P.O.V.

POV is a Public Broadcasting Service Public television series which features independent nonfiction films. POV is a cinema term for "point of view"....

series.

External links

• Revolution '67 - Film's website
• P.O.V. Revolution '67 - PBS's site dedicated to the film
• Revolution '67 on IMDb