Director: Spike Lee
Writer(s): N/A
Starring: Opal Tometi, Trayvon Martin, Patrisse Cullors, Jamila Lyiscott, Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Patrick Gladston Williamson, Storm Ervin, DeShaunya Ware, Berkley Hudson, Bryant Hill, Kierra Otis, Ayanna Poole, Danielle Walker, Herm Edwards, Michael Middleton, Delan Ellington, Imani Simmons-Elloie, Andrea Fulgiam, Curtis Taylor Jr., Brittani Savage, Briana Arps, Kandice Head, Payton Head, Martesha Woodhouse, Autumn Branch, Jonathan Butler, Reuben Faloughi, Marshall Allen, Timoshanae Wellmaker, Darneisha Coleman, Briana Cato, Maxwell Little, Danielle Katz, Stephanie Shonekan, Tim Wolfe, Shelbey Parnell, Amalia Dache-Gerbino, Howard Bryant, Mark Schwarz, Charlie Parker, Bill Stephney, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Michael Wilbon, Tony Kornheiser, Ian Simon, Elizabeth Sawey, Briahna Martin, Mark Schierbecker, Melissa Click
Synopsis: When University of Missouri football players threatened to boycott their game with Brigham Young University last November unless president Tim Wolfe resigned, they made news far beyond the sports pages and Columbia, Missouri. But that was only one chapter in a tale that began long before that – a tale that director Spike Lee unspools in this Lil’ Joints documentary for ESPN Films. Yes, the athletes played a significant role in forcing Wolfe’s resignation, but it was really the female organizers of the Concerned Student 1950 movement, as well as a man, Jonathan Butler, willing to starve himself, who stood tallest in the confrontation with institutional racism at Mizzou. Indeed, their courage and resolve brings hope to the message chanted at the end of the film: “We gonna be all right.”
Release Date: May 31, 2016 (USA) | Length: 58 min | Genre: History, Sports | MPAA Rating: TV-G
Note: I need to watch this to get cast list.