From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by decades of secret FBI service revealed only after his death. Was he a friend of the civil rights community, or enemy—or both?
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- Released
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- Realization Pictures, K2 Pictures, Ark Media, ITVS
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Phil Bertelsen · Director
Erin O'Hara · Composer
Keith Walker · Cinematographer
Jerry Henry · Cinematographer
Bryan Gunnar Cole · Editor
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