Title Driving while black : race, space and mobility in America / a film by Gretchen Sorin and Ric Burns ; produced by Emily Pfeil, Emir Lewis, Steven Bennett, Kathryn Clinard ; senior producer, Bonnie Lafave ; co-producer, Greg Sorin ; written & directed by Ric Burns and Gretchen Sorin ; a production of Steeplechase Films.

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Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2021]

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Description	1 online resource (1 streaming video file, approximately 116 min.) : sound, color
	digital
	video file
Physical Medium	polychrome
Note	Title from screen.
	Originally released as a documentary in 2020.
	Wide screen.
Credits	Original music by Brian Keane.
Audience	Rating: TV14.
Summary	Chronicling the riveting history and personal experiences, at once liberating and challenging, harrowing and inspiring, deeply revealing and profoundly transforming, of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond, it explores the deep background of a recent phrase rooted in realities that have been an indelible part of the African American experience for hundreds of years.
Performer	Brian Leonard, Gabriel Patillo, Niyi Adelekan, Tanya Brown.
Local Note	Rider University has public performance rights (PPR) for this title. See "Terms of use" for more details or contact the electronic resources librarian.
Language	Closed-captioned.
Terms Of Use	Rider University has a educational public performance rights (PPR) for this title by authorized users. 3-year digital license agreement (2022).
Subject	African Americans -- Travel -- History -- 20th century.
	African Americans -- Travel.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	African Americans.
	African American automobile drivers -- History -- 20th century.
	African American automobile drivers.
	Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Automobile travel.
	United States.
	Segregation in transportation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Segregation in transportation.
	African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century.
	African Americans -- Segregation.
	African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
	African Americans -- Social conditions.
	Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Civil rights.
	United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
	Race relations.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	Internet videos.
	Documentary films.
	History.
	Nonfiction films.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	Documentary films.
	Nonfiction films.
	Internet videos.
Added Author	Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan, film director.
	Burns, Ric, film director.
	PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher.

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