Episode 99: "The March"

"The March" filmed on and around August 28, 1963 is a documentary of the civil rights march on Washington D.C. that we've all heard about. This documentary is also government created, as proven by the sponsorship of the United States Information Agency, a government media organization created to present the United States of America in a positive light to the world community. I have always believed (for some reason) that the march on Washington was some kind of spontaneous uprising of people who were fed up with an unjust society, but that is not the whole truth. It was more of an organized, government sanctioned rally, in order to allow people to vent their frustrations with the system, while at the same time not disrupting the system too much. This documentary does a good job of illustrating this fact, I think. It is however an enjoyable piece of film, and a stirring example of how people of all races can come together in the name of equal opportunity in America. Hopefully you can draw some hope and inspiration from it. Some things are worth marching for, and some things people have to come together to achieve. They marched for jobs, freedom, equal rights and justice.

There's a little hiccup in the middle of this episode (sorry, I should have edited that out. But oh well...) Highlights include performances by Joan Baez, Odetta (don't know them), Marian Anderson and of course Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech. Peace.