Dawn Porter — Director (6)
Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain (2020) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain
director: Dawn Porter
From filmmaker Dawn Porter (who earlier this year directed "John Lewis: Good Trouble"), the film explores the remarkable journey of Jordan from modest Southern origins to national renown as a pioneering attorney, businessman, civil rights leader, and as a fixture (could one also say a "fixer?") on the DC scene. Jordan's story is told principally through a chronological narration of his life and accomplishment, most of it taken from recent (2019) interviews with and narration by Jordan himself. His early life in Atlanta is limned, where Jordan describes the treasured influence of his mother Mary and his early academic successes (including a law degree from Howard University). His activities in the civil rights movement in the 1960's and 1970's are highlighted, culminating in his ten-year tenure as director of the Urban League.
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer (2021) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
director: Dawn Porter actor: DeNeen L. Brown
other title: Red Summer - Das Massaker von Tulsa / La masacre de Tulsa y el Verano Rojo
Comes one hundred years from the two-day Tulsa Massacre in 1921 that led to the murder of as many as 300 Black people and left as many as 10,000 homeless and displaced.
Spies of Mississippi (2014) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Spies of Mississippi
director: Dawn Porter
other title: Les espions du Mississippi : Des traîtres dans le mouvement pour les droits civiques / 密西西比间谍
Spies of Mississippi tells the story of a secret spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi to preserve segregation and maintain white supremacy. The anti-civil rights organization was hidden in plain sight in an unassuming office in the Mississippi State Capitol. Funded with taxpayer dollars and granted extraordinary latitude to carry out its mission, the Commission evolved from a propaganda machine into a full blown spy operation. How do we know this is true? The Commission itself tells us in more than 146,000 pages of files preserved by the State. This wealth of first person primary historical material guides us through one of the most fascinating and yet little known stories of America's quest for Civil Rights.
Trapped (2016) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Trapped
director: Dawn Porter actor: June Ayers / Gloria Gray
TRAP (Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers) laws have been passed by conservative state legislatures in the US and clinics have taken their fight to the courts. Follow the struggles of the clinic workers and lawyers who are on the front lines of a battle to keep abortion safe and legal for millions of American women.
John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb
John Lewis: Good Trouble
other title: 约翰·刘易斯:好麻烦 / 好麻烦 好烦恼
The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social equality. The documentary illuminates the 80-year-old Congressman’s life as it chronicles the moments on the extraordinary journey that have shaped his place in history and make him such a galvanizing figure today as protests circle the globe. Lewis’ schedule has increased ten-fold as he has become the go-to figure for TV news shows, podcasts and newspapers and magazines from the Washington Post to Vanity Fair, commenting on and leading the way forward through today’s worldwide protests and demonstrations.