Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth To Power, filmmaker Abby Ginsberg’s (Waging Change, Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa) inspiring documentary of Congresswoman Barbara Lee, the highest-ranking African American woman in the U.S. Congress will be released in theaters nationwide starting Friday, August 20, 2021.
Featuring interviews with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cory Booker, Alice Walker, John Lewis, and Van Jones, Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth To Power, is an intimate, inspiring, and timely portrait of Congresswoman Barbara Lee, a true pioneer on behalf of racial and economic justice and the lone voice in opposition to the authorization of military force after the September 11th attacks. A unique selection of political commentators, activists, politicians, and family members add depth to the story of the highest-ranking African American woman in the United States Congress.
Watch the trailer for Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth To Power.
THEATRICAL MARKETS OPENING AUGUST 20
Columbus – Gateway Film Center
Denver, CO – Sie Film Center
Los Angeles – Laemmle Royal
Port Townsend, WA – Rose Twin
Portland, OR / Vancouver, WA – Kiggins Theater
San Francisco – The Roxie
San Francisco – Landmark’s Shattuck
Sebastopol – Rialto Cinemas 9
Seattle – SIFF Cinema