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The Picture Taker

DocumentaryHistory
0.0·2022·1h 20m

From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by decades of...

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DIRECTOR

Phil Bertelsen

OVERVIEW

From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by decades of secret FBI service revealed only after his death. Was he a friend of the civil rights community, or enemy—or both?