The Rage Within (1997)

Film details

Featuring

Michael Ontkean David Halberstam
Countries

Canada Japan USA
Year

1997
Type

Television

Alternative titles

America in the Fifties 6: The Rage Within Alternative

Synopsis

The sixth volume of a television history of America in the 1950s. Chronicles the treatment of black Americans in this period and the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, from the death of Emmett Till, and the acquittal of his murderers to the ordering by President Eisenhower of troops into Little Rock to escort black students into desegregated classrooms in September 1957, and the growing popularity of black athletes and entertainers.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - narrator
    
    Michael Ontkean
  - interviewee
    
    David Halberstam
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Alex Gibney
  - Series Director
    
    Tracy Dahlby
  - Series Director
    
    Alex Gibney
  - a production of The
    
    Fifties Inc.
  - Produced with the participation of
    
    Téléfilm Canada
  - Produced with the participation of
    
    Canal D
  - Produced in association with
    
    CTV Television Network
  - Produced in association with
    
    Alliance Equicap Corporation
  - With the participation of
    
    Inc PHE
  - With the participation of
    
    C.S. Associates
  - With the participation of
    
    Bungei-Shunju Co.
  - Executive Producer
    
    W. Paterson Ferns
  - Executive Producer
    
    Richard Heus
  - Producer
    
    Nancy Button
  - Associate Producer
    
    Marianne Kushmaniuk
  - Written by
    
    Alex Gibney
  - Director of Photography
    
    Michael Ellis
  - Director of Photography
    
    Michael Boland
  - Editor
    
    Steve Weslak
  - Original Music
    
    George Blondheim
  - Sound
    
    Alison Clark