"Fundi": the Story of Ella Baker
Brief Synopsis
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"Fundi" is a Swahili word meaning a person who passes skills from one generation to the next. Ella Baker, was a friend and advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., and was known as the godmother of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee. Baker's role in the American civil rights movement is chronic
Cast & Crew
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Joanne Grant
Director
Ben Anderson
Music Rerecording
Hortense Beveridge
Editor
R L Boyce
Bass Drummer ("Soft Black Jersey Cow")
Jimmie Buford
Snare Drummer ("Soft Black Jersey Cow")
John N Carter
Editor Supervisor
Film Details
Also Known As
Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1981
Production Company
Magno Sound Inc
Technical Specs
Duration
45m
Synopsis
"Fundi" is a Swahili word meaning a person who passes skills from one generation to the next. Ella Baker, was a friend and advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., and was known as the godmother of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee. Baker's role in the American civil rights movement is chronicled in this documentary.
Director
Joanne Grant
Director
Crew
Ben Anderson
Music Rerecording
Hortense Beveridge
Editor
R L Boyce
Bass Drummer ("Soft Black Jersey Cow")
Jimmie Buford
Snare Drummer ("Soft Black Jersey Cow")
John N Carter
Editor Supervisor
Smith Casey
Song Performer ("Country Rag")
Vincent Galindez
Steadicam Operator Assistant
Joanne Grant
Screenwriter
Joanne Grant
Producer
Jacquelyn Hall
Technical Advisor
Vincent Harding
Technical Advisor
Doug Harris
Additional Photography
Judy Irola
Photography
Demetrius Jackson
Sound
Sy Kahn
Song ("Oh Fighter")
Ngaio Killingsworth
Sound (Additional)
Bruce Kitzmeyer
Research (Stock Footage)
Alhajii Bai Konte
Song Performer ("Jato" "Baa To Too")
Joyce Ladner
Technical Advisor
Saul Landau
Directorial Consultant
Tony Miller
Sound Department
Susan O'malley
Research
Peter Page
Sound Recording
Morning Pastorak
Sound (Additional)
Eddie Ramirez
Steadicam Operator Assistant
Flavia Rando
Research (Stills)
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Sncc Freedom Singers Member; Song Performer ("We Who Believe In Freedom (Ella'S Song)" "Oh Fighter" "Guide My Feet" "Freedom" "Come And Go With Me To That Land")
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Song ("We Who Believe In Freedom (Ella'S Song)")
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Music; Music Director
Carleton Reese
Music Conductor (Alabama Christian Movement Choir)
Anne Romasco
Research
Sharon Shapiro
Music Rerecording
Bobby Shepard
Assistant Photographer
Sam Sills
Assistant Editor
Napoleon Strickland
Fife Player ("Soft Black Jersey Cow")
Napoleon Strickland
Song Performer (Vocalist)
Michael Thelwell
Technical Advisor
Film Details
Also Known As
Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1981
Production Company
Magno Sound Inc
Technical Specs
Duration
45m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1981
film extract "From Protest to Resistance Ella Baker 1974 Speech (1974)
Released in United States 1981
