The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
77 %|Feb 25, 2019|Documentary, History, TV Movie
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.
Featured Crew
Linda Goldman
Executive Producer
Jonathan Drake
Executive Producer
Yoruba Richen
Director
Adam Luria
Producer
Anna Wasiuta
Production Manager
Yoruba Richen
Writer
Cinzia Baldessari
Editor
Aisha Hallgren
Sound Recordist
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Cast
Yoruba Richen
Self - Narrator (voice)
Delbert Hunt
Green Book Excerpts Narrator (voice)
Marquette Folley
Self - Smithsonian Institute Member
Jennifer Ivey
Self
Henrie Monteith Treadwel
Self - Civil Rights Activist
Murray Bishoff
Self - Journalist and Local Historian
Jack George
Self - Pierce City Resident
Jamon Jordan
Self - Local Historian
Candacy Taylor
Self - Author
Eric J. Lindsey
Self - Idlewild Resident
Ronald J. Stephens
Self - Author
Marilyn S. Taylor
Self - Idlewild Resident
Betty Jean Foote
Self - Phil Giles' Wife
Lois Perry
Self - Flamingo Bar Waitress
Ron Handy
Self - Musician
Elizabeth Calvin
Self - Alberta Ellis' Grandchild
Irv Logan
Self - Alberta Ellis' Grandchild
Brent Leggs
Self - NTHP Member
Carol Jenkins
Self - Author
Lena Horne
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Nat King Cole
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Modjeska Monteith Simkins
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
A. G. Gaston
Self - Businessman (archive footage)
Ralph Abernathy
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Zephyr Wright
Self - LBJ's Cook (archive footage)