Negroes With Guns
Rob Williams and Black Power
Sandra Dickson
Sandra Dickson (Co-Director/Writer) has co-produced, co-directed
and written documentaries for national distribution on PBS, including the
critically acclaimed Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore. This
90-minute documentary, which tells the story of the first civil rights leader
to be assassinated in this country, was broadcast nationally on PBS in January
2001 and was winner of the 2001 Erik Barnouw Award for Outstanding Historical
Documentary. Her other works include Giving Up the Canal, Campaign for
Cuba, Last Days of the Revolution and Deciding Who Dies. These
documentaries have been distributed by PBS Video and in the case of Deciding
Who Dies, by PBS Adult Learning. Likewise, several of these documentaries
have been distributed internationally. Sandra Dickson has received
grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment
for the Arts, the North Carolina Humanities Council, Freedom Forum, the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and was a recipient of the Don Seigel
Montage Award for Outstanding Film Direction by a Female. She is Co-Director
of The Documentary Institute, The College of Journalism and Communications,
The University of Florida.
Churchill Roberts
Churchill Roberts (Co-Director) has served as executive
producer and co-director of a number of PBS documentaries including Giving
Up the Canal, Campaign for Cuba, Last Days of the Revolution, and Freedom
Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore. These documentaries received
several awards as well as national press coverage, including reviews in The
New York Times. He has received grants from the National Endowment for
the Humanities, The National Endowment for the Arts, The North Carolina Humanities
Council, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Freedom Forum and USIA.
He is Co-Director of The Documentary Institute, The College of Journalism and
Communications, The University of Florida.
Cindy Hill
Cindy Hill (Director
of Photography/Editor) has worked
on a number of documentary projects, including Freedom Never Dies: The
Legacy of Harry T. Moore, Deciding Who Dies, Last Days of the Revolution,
Campaign for Cuba, and Giving Up the Canal. She currently
serves as Associate Director of The Documentary Institute, The College of Journalism
and Communications, The University of Florida where she teaches graduate courses
in video production and editing.
Cara Pilson
Cara Pilson (Associate Director/Director of Research) has
worked on a number of PBS documentaries including Freedom Never Dies: The
Legacy of Harry T. Moore, Deciding Who Dies, Last Days of
the Revolution, Campaign for Cuba, and Giving Up the Canal. She
also serves as Associate Director of The Documentary Institute, The College
of Journalism and Communications, The University of Florida where she teaches
courses in documentary research and documentary genres.
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