''A Time for Justice'' is a 1994 American short

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

produced by Charles Guggenheim. In 1995, it won an

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for Documentary Short Subject at the

67th Academy Awards The 67th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 27, 1995, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the cer ...

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Summary

The 38-minute film, narrated by

Julian Bond Horace Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015) 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 ea ...

and featuring

John Lewis John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American civil rights activist and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...

, presents a short history of the Civil Rights Movement using historical footage and spoken accounts of participants. Events recounted are the

Montgomery bus boycott The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social boycott, protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a foundational event in the civil rights movement in the United ...

; school integration in Little Rock, Arkansas; demonstrations in Birmingham; and the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights.

Production

The film was produced by Guggenheim for the

Southern Poverty Law Center The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation. Based in Montgomery, Alabama, it is known for its legal cases against white ...

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''A Time for Justice''
at Teaching Tolerance,

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Time For Justice, A 1994 short documentary films 1994 films 1994 independent films American short documentary films American independent films Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners Documentary films about the civil rights movement Films directed by Charles Guggenheim Southern Poverty Law Center 1990s English-language films 1990s American films English-language short documentary films English-language independent films

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