Voice of Freedom
Documentary
★ 0.0·2021·2h 0m
On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson stepped up to a microphone in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Inscribed on the walls of the monument ...
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Cast
Marian Anderson
Self (archive footage)
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Narrator (voice)
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Allida M. Black
herself
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Angela Brown
herself
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Lucy Caplan
herself
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Alisha Lola Jones
herself
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Adriane Lentz-Smith
herself
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Carol Oja
herself
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DIRECTOR
Rob Rapley
OVERVIEW
On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson stepped up to a microphone in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Inscribed on the walls of the monument behind her were the words “all men are created equal.” Barred from performing in Constitution Hall because of her race, Anderson would sing for the American people in the open air. Hailed as a voice that “comes around once in a hundred years” by maestros in Europe and widely celebrated by both white and black audiences at home, her fame hadn’t been enough to spare her from the indignities and outright violence of racism and segregation.