Synopsis
Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police brutality and unfair housing practices in one of America’s most segregated cities. A timely story of collective action, The First Rainbow Coalition tells this little-known chronicle of political struggle with insight and urgency using archival footage and interviews with those who lived it.
Ratings
Trailers
Technical team
Ray Santisteban Directing
Angélica Negrón Music
Ray Santisteban Producing
Sally Jo Fifer Executive Producing
Lois Vossen Executive Producing
Sandie Viquez Pedlow Executive Producing
Leslie Fields-Cruz Executive Producing
Production
Nantes Media, LLC
ITVS
Black Public Media
Latino Public Broadcasting