The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
The essential travel guide for a segregated America
2019 | 52m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Yoruba Richen |
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| Writer: | Yoruba Richen |
| Staring: |
| In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 25, 2019 |
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| Director: | Yoruba Richen |
| Writer: | Yoruba Richen |
| Genres: | History, Documentary, TV Movie |
| Keywords | civil rights, racial segregation, racism, usa history, jim crow laws |
| Production Companies | Smithsonian Channel, Impossible Factual |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Yoruba Richen | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| Delbert Hunt | Green Book Excerpts Narrator (voice) |
| Marquette Folley | Self - Smithsonian Institute Member |
| Karen Allen Baxter | Self |
| Jennifer Ivey | Self |
| Henrie Monteith Treadwel | Self - Civil Rights Activist |
| Murray Bishoff | Self - Journalist and Local Historian |
| Jack George | Self - Pierce City Resident |
| Jamon Jordan | Self - Local Historian |
| Candacy Taylor | Self - Author |
| Eric J. Lindsey | Self - Idlewild Resident |
| Ronald J. Stephens | Self - Author |
| Marilyn S. Taylor | Self - Idlewild Resident |
| Betty Jean Foote | Self - Phil Giles' Wife |
| Lois Perry | Self - Flamingo Bar Waitress |
| Ron Handy | Self - Musician |
| Elizabeth Calvin | Self - Alberta Ellis' Grandchild |
| Irv Logan | Self - Alberta Ellis' Grandchild |
| Brent Leggs | Self - NTHP Member |
| Carol Jenkins | Self - Author |
| Lena Horne | Self - Singer (archive footage) |
| Duke Ellington | Self - Musician (archive footage) |
| Nat King Cole | Self - Musician (archive footage) |
| Modjeska Monteith Simkins | Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) |
| A. G. Gaston | Self - Businessman (archive footage) |
| Ralph Abernathy | Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Zephyr Wright | Self - LBJ's Cook (archive footage) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Yoruba Richen | Writer, Director |
| Kathryn Bostic | Original Music Composer |
| Cinzia Baldessari | Editor |
| Anna Wasiuta | Production Manager |
| Ariel Grandoli | Director of Photography |
| Aisha Hallgren | Sound Recordist |
| Michael Velasco | Sound Recordist |
| Sarah Jones | Head of Production |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Adam Luria | Producer |
| Steve Maher | Executive Producer |
| Jonathan Drake | Executive Producer |
| Linda Goldman | Executive Producer |
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