- Information at Internet Movie Database
- Official Site
- Themes
- Non-Violence, Determination,
Institutional Evil, Confrontation with Evil, Authority (Higher
Authority)
- "Memphis's
1300 sanitation workers formed the lowest caste of a deeply racist
society, earning so little they qualified for welfare. In the film,
retired workers recall the fear as they took on the entire white
power structure when they struck for higher wages and union
recognition...At the River I Stand succeeds in showing that
the causes (and possibly the solutions) to our present racial
quandary may well be found in what happened in Memphis. Its riveting
portrait of the grit and determination of ordinary people will
inspire viewers to rededicate themselves to racial and economic
justice." (California Newsreel Official
Site)
- "Memphis's
1300 sanitation workers formed the lowest caste of a deeply racist
society, earning so little they qualified for welfare. In the film,
retired workers recall the fear as they took on the entire white
power structure when they struck for higher wages and union
recognition...At the River I Stand succeeds in showing that
the causes (and possibly the solutions) to our present racial
quandary may well be found in what happened in Memphis. Its riveting
portrait of the grit and determination of ordinary people will
inspire viewers to rededicate themselves to racial and economic
justice." (California Newsreel Official
Site)
- Non-Violence, Determination,
Institutional Evil, Confrontation with Evil, Authority (Higher
Authority)