52 minutes that expose how far a mother will go when the system fails her child.
In 1963 a group of young Black boys living in Harlem were involved in an incident that earned them the nickname "The Harlem Six." Intent on protecting and clearing the names of their sons, several mothers bonded together to make their story known. This work emerges as a powerful close up of police brutality, and of power dynamics of 1960's Harlem.
Acting
Ruby Dee's narration cuts like a knife through archival silence
Direction
Woodie King Jr. weaponizes intimacy against institutional power
Director
Woodie King Jr.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Woodie King Jr. founded the New Federal Theatre specifically to platform Black stories Hollywood ignored. This was his middle finger to the industry.
The 'Harlem Six' case helped galvanize support for the original Black Panther Party's police monitoring programs. These mothers accidentally changed tactics for an entire movement.
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