Julian Bond

Julian Bond

Born: January 14, 1940
Died: August 15, 2015
in Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Horace Julian Bond was an American social activist, leader of the civil rights movement, politician, professor, and writer. While he was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early 1960s, he helped establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Movies for Julian Bond...

John Lewis: Good Trouble
Title: John Lewis: Good Trouble
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 3, 2020
Type: Movie
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.
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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Title: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Character: Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]
Released: March 8, 2015
Type: Movie
The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal activity; but this is an essential story, vibrant, human; a living and breathing chronicle of a pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.
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Freedom Summer
Title: Freedom Summer
Character: Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Released: January 17, 2014
Type: Movie
In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created freedom schools, and established the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Fifty years later, eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen archival material tell their story. Not all of them would make it through.
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Julian and John January 8, 2013
Title: Julian and John January 8, 2013
Character: Himself
Released: January 9, 2013
Type: Movie
A conversation with Julian Bond and Congressman John Lewis January 8th and 9th, 2013
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Title: Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The film tells the story of how the march for jobs and freedom began, speaking to the people who organised and participated in it. Using rarely seen archive footage the film reveals the background stories surrounding the build up to the march as well as the fierce opposition it faced from the JFK administration, J Edgar Hoover's FBI and widespread claims that it would incite racial violence, chaos and disturbance. The film follows the unfolding drama as the march reaches its ultimate triumphs, gaining acceptance from the state, successfully raising funds and in the end, organised and executed peacefully.
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The Art of the Steal
Title: The Art of the Steal
Character: Himself
Released: February 26, 2010
Type: Movie
A gripping tale of intrigue and mystery in the art world, this film traces the history of a collection of Post-Impressionist paintings - worth billions - which became the subject of a power struggle after the death of its owner. Dr. Albert Barnes.
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Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Title: Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy in America, from the earliest minstrel shows to the latest HBO special. Featuring interviews with cultural critics and loads of comedic clips, this program features appearances by a who's-who of black comedians including Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg and many more.
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Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Title: Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Character: Self
Released: July 31, 2007
Type: Movie
The life and career of conservative icon Barry Goldwater is recounted from his days as an Arizona businessman to his five-term Senate career and his ill-fated run for president in 1964. Produced by the politician's granddaughter C.C. Goldwater, this profile features interviews with a host of media and political luminaries, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Edward Kennedy, John McCain, Al Franken, Robert MacNeil, Ben Bradlee and others.
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Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
Title: Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
Character: Himself
Released: June 21, 2004
Type: Movie
Rob Williams was an African-American living in Monroe, North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s. Living with injustice and oppression, many African-Americans advocated a non-violent resistance. Williams took a different tack, urging the oppressed to take up arms. Williams was stripped of his rank as leader of the local NAACP chapter, but he continued to encourage local African-Americans to carry weapons as a means of self-defense. Wanted on a kidnapping charge, Williams and his wife fled to Cuba. His radio show Radio Free Dixie could be heard in some parts of the United States.
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Motown 40: The Music is Forever
Title: Motown 40: The Music is Forever
Character: Self
Released: February 15, 1998
Type: Movie
Archival music performances and contemporary interviews cover some of the history of Motown Records and Productions.
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Violence: An American Tradition
Title: Violence: An American Tradition
Released: November 21, 1995
Type: Movie
Explores violence in various periods of American history. It examines how white Europeans who came to America, beginning with Columbus, used violence and weaponry to dominate and control groups different from themselves.
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Title: American Experience
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 4, 1988
Type: TV
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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Title: Eyes on the Prize
Character: Narrator
Released: January 21, 1987
Type: TV
The definitive story of the Civil Rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberation continue to be felt today.
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In Remembrance of Martin
Title: In Remembrance of Martin
Character: Self
Released: February 8, 1986
Type: Movie
Personal comments from family, friends, and advisors fill this remarkable documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King joins the Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Julian Bond, Jimmy Carter, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Senator Edward Kennedy, John Lewis, Bishop Desmond Tutu, and Andrew Young, who recall Dr. King's career and trace his leadership in the civil rights movement. Includes portions of his "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Greased Lightning
Title: Greased Lightning
Character: Russell
Released: July 1, 1977
Type: Movie
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Host
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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We'll Never Turn Back
Title: We'll Never Turn Back
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 1963
Type: Movie
"We'll Never Turn Back" was filmed in Mississippi in 1963 during the dangerous voter registration drives of that era. Amzie Moore, a Mississippi NAACP activist escorted the film maker through rural Mississippi interviewing share croppers and activists in the voter registration campaign. Appearing in the film are Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leaders Julian Bond, Bob Moses, Fannie Lou Hamer, Charles McLaurin as well as other local civil rights leaders Curtis Hayes and Hollis Watkins. There are interviews with black farmers and share croppers on their experiences (often bloody) trying to register to vote.