We Shall Overcome
1989, English. Directed by Jim Brown.
A documentary on the iconic song "We Shall Overcome" and its important legacy in the American Civil Rights movement, echoing all over the world as a recognizable song of struggle against social injustices. Singers and activists talk about its origins, used during a workers strike in the mid 1940's, and how the lyrics and its significance slightly changed in the next decades.
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- 0h 58m
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- English
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- 1 January 1989
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We Shall Overcome runs 58 minutes (0h 58m).
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We Shall Overcome isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1989. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed We Shall Overcome?
We Shall Overcome (1989) was directed by Jim Brown and stars Harry Belafonte, Joan Baez.