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Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
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115 min | Documentary, History

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Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)

Not Rated

115 min | Documentary, History

Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today.

Directors

Ric Burns | Gretchen Sullivan Sorin (as Gretchen Sorin)

Writers

Ric Burns | Gretchen Sullivan Sorin

Producers

Steven Bennett | Kathryn Clinard | Emir Lewis | Emily Pfeil

Composer

Brian Keane

Cinematographer

Buddy Squires

Editor

Emir Lewis

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Updated Oct 13, 2020

Release date

Oct 13, 2020 (United States)

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41 cast members

Name	Known for
Gretchen Sullivan Sorin Self Self See fewer	New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
Fath Davis Ruffins Self Self See fewer	Daring Women Doctors (2020)
Allyson Hobbs Self Self See fewer	Tavis Smiley (2004)
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Herb Boyd Self Self See fewer	Haiti Cri De Couer (2011)
Spencer Crew Self Self See fewer	Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
Fountain Hughes Self, former slave (voice) (archive footage) Self, former slave (voice) (archive footage) See fewer
Billy McCrea Self, former slave (voice) (archive footage) Self, former slave (voice) (archive footage) See fewer
Thomas Sugrue Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit (2022)
Carolyn Finney Self Self See fewer	Tavis Smiley (2004)
Eric Avila Self Self See fewer	Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
Kathleen Franz Self Self See fewer	The Real Mad Men of Advertising (2017)
Crosby Brittenum Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer
Walter Gay Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer
Alvin Hall Self Self See fewer	Driving the Green Book (2023)
Kenneth Jackson Self Self See fewer	Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
Dinah Shore Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
Leah Chase Self Self See fewer	NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
Yvette Marsalis Self Self See fewer	Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
Walter Edwards Self Self See fewer	Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
Jennifer Reut Self Self See fewer	Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
Howard Glener Self Self See fewer	Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
Victor Hugo Green Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Lolis Eric Elie Self Self See fewer	The Man in the High Castle (2015)
Tamara Banks Self Self See fewer	Omari (2025)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1960 National Nominating Conventions (1960)
Breaion King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? (2021)
Sandra Bland Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The View (1997)
Richard Hubbard Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Iesha Harper Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Laquan McDonald Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Derrick Thompson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Philando Castile Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Jacob Blake Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Letetra Widman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sky World News (1989)
Niyi Adelekan Various Characters (voice) Various Characters (voice) See fewer	Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
Tanya Brown Various Characters (voice) Various Characters (voice) See fewer	Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
Brian Leonard Various Characters (voice) Various Characters (voice) See fewer	Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
Gabriel Patillo Various Characters (voice) Various Characters (voice) See fewer	Draft Academy (2017)
Cynthia Seats Various Characters (voice) Various Characters (voice) See fewer	2016 Or: The Elephant in the Room (2014)