The filmmakers mixed the words of King’s subsequent address with gospel song, “We’re Marching on to Freedom Land,” over footage of beaming marchers crossing the bridge, shots of cheering onlookers and aerial views of the long stream of participants. The documentary rises to the climactic moment when finally, after a variety of setbacks, more tragedy and political intrigue, the marchers triumphantly across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. In what is now world-famous footage of the Alabama State Troopers beating and tear-gassing the marchers, including a much-battered Lewis, the violent response to unarmed protestors emboldened people from across the country to join the marchers. The episode delves into tensions between the two groups while delivering a main storyline focused on a march from Selma to Montgomery in memory of a Black veteran slain by state troopers. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, staffed and run by young people including John Lewis, Julian Bond and Fannie Lou Hamer and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the organization led by Martin Luther King Jr., supported the residents’ efforts. “Bridge to Freedom” is set in Selma, Alabama in 1965, with the city's Black residents protesting for the right to vote. Before it ended, Black and white Americans gave their lives, but would that be enough?” Then, animated marching feet morphed into lines of people that transitioned into an American flag in time with the refrain, “I know the one thing we did right was the day we started to fight/Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on/Hold on.” And with great anticipation, I settled in to watch. DeVinney) the sixth and final episode in the series: “Years of struggle came down to this climactic battle for voting rights. On February 25, 1987, I heard narrator Julian Bond set up “Bridge to Freedom,” (Directors: Callie Crossley and James A. The Eyes filmmakers had taken the images I’d seen on nightly news broadcasts as a kid and crafted compelling stories of Black resistance to injustice.
Unlike students today, most people my age didn’t learn about “The Civil Rights Movement” because the mid-20th century version was underway during our youth and adolescence.
It is difficult to describe the intense emotions that coursed through me as I watched the series, but the experience changed me, an African American woman who grew up in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. Prod.: Henry Hampton/Blackside) when it premiered on PBS. A year later, by chance, I began watching Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954–1965 (Exec. Narrated by Ngarluma man Patrick Churnside, Songs for Freedom includes traditional Tjaabi, activities for children before the concert, a moving welcome to country and cultural exchange, and an uplifting evening of Pilbara songs, story and image under the night sky at Dyoondalup.I never intended to become a documentary filmmaker in 1986 when I accepted the receptionist position at a science-focused production company. These powerful songs give us the opportunity to stand together with his community and sing for peace and freedom for Aboriginal young people, like John, caught up in the justice system. Songs for Freedom, co-created under the watchful eye of Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi Elders, will tour the country in 2023, during the 40th anniversary of John Pat’s passing in custody.
The Pat family generously shared their story, their longing for peace and their love of music. Together, this superb line up joins the Ieramugadu community to fill the night sky with songs of hope, peace, freedom and country. Co-created through a 12-year community collaboration, Songs for Freedom delivers an intercultural collective of passionate musicians under the musical direction of Lucky Oceans.
Elders from Ieramugadu (Roebourne), community song-writers and narrator Patrick Churnside, welcome special guests to the stage, including much loved WA artists John Bennet, Kankawa Nagarra, Steve and Naomi Pigram, Fred Ryan, Angus Smith, Kendall Smith and Vikki Thorn. Songs for Freedom brings the beauty of the Pilbara to the stage in an outdoor concert featuring music and image at Dyoondalup (Point Walter). Presented by Big hART and the community of Ieramugadu (Roebourne) in association with the City of Melville
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