The Barber of Birmingham

The Barber of Birmingham is a 2011 documentary film about James Armstrong, one of the unsung heroes of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. A World War II veteran and an original flag bearer for the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, Armstrong has run a voter education program out of his barbershop in Birmingham, Alabama for 50 years. The film was co-directed and produced by Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday. It premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, three months after Dolgin's death in October 2010 from breast cancer. It was named best short documentary at the Ashland Independent Film Festival.[1][2] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 84th Academy Awards.[3]

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  1. ↑ "TRIBUTE TO GAIL DOLGIN". IFC Center. Thom Powers. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Miller, Jeff. "Special Screening Announced of 'The Barber of Birmingham'". The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM: FOOT SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT". 84th Academy Awards. ABC.com. Retrieved 6 April 2012.

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