African Diaspora Film Club | NEGROES WITH GUNS with Sandra Dickson and Cornelius Moore

NEGROES WITH GUNS : ROB WILLIAMS AND BLACK POWER (Sandra Dickson and Churchill Roberts, 53 minutes, 2005)

Robert F. Williams was the forefather of the Black Power movement and broke dramatic new ground by internationalizing the African American struggle. Negroes with Guns is not only an electrifying look at an historically erased leader, but also provides a thought-provoking examination of Black radicalism and resistance and serves as a launching pad for the study of Black liberation philosophies. Insightful interviews with historian Clayborne Carson, biographer Timothy Tyson, Julian Bond, and a first person account by Mabel Williams, Robert’s wife, bring the story to life. Filmmaker Sandra Dickson will join us for the discussion.

Sandra Dickson is a Professor of Documentary Film at Wake Forest University. Her credits include co-directing The Last Flight of Petr Ginz, which screened in more than 40 countries and won the Avner Shalev Award for Cinematic Excellence at the 2012 Jerusalem Film Festival. Dickson also co-directed Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power, which aired on PBS’s Independent Lens in February 2006. Negroes with Gunsscreened at numerous film festivals and was the recipient of the 2006 Erik Barnouw Award for Outstanding Historical Documentary. She also co-directed Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore, winner of the 2001 Erik Barnouw Award for Outstanding Historical Documentary.