A Force More Powerful
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Steve York
Dr. Devavrat Pathak
Dr. Aloo Dastur
Alyque Padamsee
Stanley Wolpert
Dr. Usha Mehta
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Mahatma Gandhi's successful experiments with nonviolence in defending oppressed Indians in South Africa in the early part of the 20th Century were put to good use in winning independence for India. In September 1959, a young black Nashville minister, James Lawson, who had studied in India, put what he had learned from Gandhi's example into action when he led student sit-ins at the lunch counters of Nashville's three downtown chain variety stores. The film comes full circle in surveying how Gandhi's principles were put to use to end apartheid in South Africa.
Director
Steve York
Cast
Dr. Devavrat Pathak
Dr. Aloo Dastur
Alyque Padamsee
Stanley Wolpert
Dr. Usha Mehta
Nara Desai
Reverend James Lawson
John Lewis
Diane Nash
Mkhuseli Jack
P Botha
Professor Janet Cherry
Tango Lamani
Ben Kingsley
John Lewis
Devavrat Pathak
Crew
Peter Ackerman
Peter Ackerman
Peter Ackerman
Peter Ackerman
Giulio Biccari
Berle Cherney
Brian Cunneff
Dalton Delan
Jack Duvall
Ken Hahn
John Keltonic
John D Keltonic
Anny Meza
Peter Pearce
Lori Shinseki
Dilip Varma
Joseph Wiedenmayer
Steve York
Steve York
Miriam A Zimmerman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall November 12, 1999
Released in United States November 19, 1999
Released in United States Fall November 12, 1999
Released in United States November 19, 1999 (Screening Room; New York City)
