Loudmouth’s first images are of New York City in the 1980s, startling footage of frothing racism from Howard Beach to Bensonhurst back when Rev. Al Sharpton rose to prominence as an organizer, orat…
first images are of New York City in the 1980s, startling footage of frothing racism from Howard Beach to Bensonhurst back when Rev.The film by Josh Alexander follows the rise of sometime controversial founder of the National Action Network and former TV host. Sharpton has been accused of spotlight seeking.
delves into Sharpton’s activist roots as a teenager — in 1972 he worked for the presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, who was the first Black woman in the U.S. Congress. He was charged with tax evasion , arrested for trespassing, and stabbed in the chest in New York, his base of operations. In 1986, a mob of white teens in Howard Beach, Queens attacked three black men who had walked miles to a pizzeria there after their car broke down. One died and the city polarized along racial lines.
“People are familiar and comfortable with talking about what happened down South. They don’t want to talk about what happened in New York,” Sharpton said in a conversation onstage with
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Al Sharpton takes a bow, with Spike, to close out TribecaOn the eve of Juneteenth, the Tribeca Festival came to a close with the Rev. Al Sharpton documentary “Loudmouth.'
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Al Sharpton Takes a Bow, With Spike Lee, to Close Out Tribeca FestivalOn the eve of Juneteenth, the Tribeca Festival came to close with the Rev. Al Sharpton documentary “Loudmouth.”
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Al Sharpton takes a bow, with Spike, to close out TribecaOn the eve of Juneteenth, the Tribeca Festival came to a close with the Rev. Al Sharpton documentary “Loudmouth” in a premiere that united on stage Sharpton and Spike Lee.
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