Interfaze Educational Productions, Inc.
12/2008, 12/2010 & 07/2011
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Voting Rights Movement (wt) will be a character-driven documentary film featuring Mr. James Armstrong, an 85-year old African American barber living in Birmingham, Alabama.
Mr. Armstrong's story, along with the personal recollections of other aging "foot soldiers" of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Movements in Birmingham and Selma provide the bedrock of the film. T
The documentary will bring the harsh reality of the disenfranchisement of African Americans in the South prior to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act into direct connection with the recent election of the first African American president.
These courageous unsung heroes of history speak with unprecedented integrity about the struggles they faced and the courage it took for them to claim what should have been rightfully theirs without a fight: the right to vote.
None would have imagined voting for and witnessing the election of a black president in their lifetime.
Interfaze Educational Productions, Inc. is a non-profit corporation supporting the production of social issue films and collateral educational material.
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Voting Rights Movement (wt) is an independent production by Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday under the auspices of Interfaze Productions.
A website specific to the film will be designed when the project is further developed.
Photo by Robin Fryday