Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police brutality and unfair housing practices in one of America’s most segregated cities. A timely story of collective action, The First Rainbow Coalition tells this little-known chronicle of political struggle with insight and urgency using archival footage and interviews with those who lived it.
Director: Ray Santisteban
Producer: Ray Santisteban
Director of Photography: Ray Santisteban
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Official Trailer | The First Rainbow Coalition | Independent Lens | PBS