I Heard It Through the Grapevine
1982, English. Directed by Pat Hartley & Dick Fontaine.
Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades. From Selma and Birmingham and Atlanta; to the battleground beaches of St. Augustine, Florida, with Chinua Achebe; and back north for a visit to Newark with Amiri Baraka, Baldwin lays bare the fiction of progress in post–Civil Rights America, wondering “what happened to the children” and those 'who did not die, but whose lives were smashed on Freedom Road'.
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- 1h 32m
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- English
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- 3 March 1982
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 March 1982. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like I Heard It Through the Grapevine?
If you liked I Heard It Through the Grapevine, try The Green Book: Guide to Freedom, The Untold History Of The United States, O.J.: Made in America.
Who directed I Heard It Through the Grapevine?
I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982) was directed by Pat Hartley and Dick Fontaine and stars James Baldwin, David Baldwin, Chinua Achebe.