American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

Directed by Grace Lee

2013•82 min
Topic
Justice
Language
English
Featured in
A Life’s Work

Synopsis

Grace Lee Boggs is an activist and philosopher in Detroit who has dedicated her life to the next American Revolution and the possibility of a better, more just future for all of humanity. At age 97, she has been building movements and developing strategies for social change for most of her life -- reminding us that revolution is not only possible and necessary, but a process that must always be in motion.

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Selected Awards

Winner

Peabody Award

(2014)

Footnote

  1. Social impact

    Chronicles nearly seven decades of activist Grace Lee Boggs's civil rights and labor organizing in Detroit

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