Thirteen years, two radical activist all-stars-one conversation. Internationally renowned scholar, professor and writer Angela Davis and 89-year-old grassroots organizer and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Yuri Kochiyama have spent over a decade conversing intimately about personal histories and influences that shaped them and their overlapping experiences.

Mountains that Take Wing offers the gift of these two remarkable women’s lives, sharing the pair’s recorded exchanges in 1996 and 2008. The film’s unique format honors the scope and depth of their knowledge on topics ranging from Jim Crow laws and Japanese American internment camps, to Civil Rights, anti-war, women’s and gay liberation movements, to today’s campaigns for political prisoners and prison reform. Intercut with compelling period footage, Davis and Kochiyama’s cogent observations, keen analyses, and steadfast resolve to create a more equitable, humane world offer inspiring lessons in empowerment and community building for current and future generations.

Women Make Movies

Davis, Angela Y. -- (Angela Yvonne), -- 1944-, Kochiyama, Yuri, African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century, Japanese Americans -- Civil rights, Social justice -- United States

Griffith, C.A. (producer), Quan, H.L.T. (director), Griffith, C.A. (director of Photography), Quan, H.L.T. (editor), Griffith, C.A. (editor), Hill, Paul (editor), Davis, Angela (performer), Kochiyama, Yuri (performer), Quad Productions (producer), Women make movies (distributor)

01:37:20 (HH:MM:SS)

English

adult/continuing education, higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college

Name	Women Make Movies
Role	distributor
Telephone	212-925-0606
Address	462 Broadway, STE 500, New York, NY 10013
Email	jw@wmm.com

2009-01-01

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