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Nationtime

Documentary

1972, Movie, 1h 20min

Best known for his avant-garde meta-documentary SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM, William Greaves was also the director of over one hundred documentary films, the majority focused on African American history, politics, and culture. NATIONTIME is 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, Dr. Betty Shabazz, Richard Hatcher, Amiri Baraka, Charles Diggs, Isaac Hayes, Richard Roundtree, and H. Carl McCall. Narrated by Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte, the film was considered too militant for television broadcast at the time and has since circulated only in an edited fifty-eight-minute version. This new restoration from IndieCollect returns an essential cultural document to its original eighty-minute length and visual quality.

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Critic Steve Davis

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Its you-are-there immediacy can be thrilling; you often feel like you’re witnessing something important.

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Nationtime is a powerful documentary that captures the essence of a pivotal moment in African American history. Shot in 1972, the film takes us inside the National Black Political Convention, where leaders and activists from across the political spectrum came together to discuss the future of Black America. With narration by Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte, this landmark film was deemed too militant for television broadcast at the time and has since been largely unseen. Now, thanks to a 4K restoration funded by Jane Fonda and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Nationtime can be experienced in its original 79-minute length and visual glory. It's a gripping portrait of a movement that continues to shape American society today.