SNCC

Danny Lyon, 2020, 74 minutes

This is the non-fiction film Lyon made after years of work, filming his friend John Lewis as early as 2008, then Julian Bond, both of whom sadly died after their final interviews in this film. Using hundreds of unknown 35mm stills Lyon shot in the deep south at the height of the Movement, and recordings made inside the churches in the early 1960’s, he recreates one of the most successful student organizations in history, the SNCC, the point of the spear in bringing Jim Crow to its knees.

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The Films of Danny Lyon - Vimeo, DVD, and 16mm print rental
After his ground breaking work as a photojournalist in the 1960’s, Danny Lyon turned to films, making a series of non-fiction films in the 1970’s and 1980’s. With the recent recognition of the 2016 de Young/Whitney retrospective, funds were provided to preserve these remarkable 16mm films. High resolution digital scans were made from the original A&B negative rolls under the close supervision of the artist. The DVD covers themselves, first made for VHS tapes, have been recognized for their power and realism, and are on display at the San Francisco Museum of Art show which opened November 3^rd, 2016.
Interested in screening films by Danny Lyon? For booking inquiries please contact: Rebecca Lyon rlyon(a)chicagofilmsociety(dot)org
16mm prints of certain films are available for rental, please contact Anthology Film Archives for more information
The entire body of Danny Lyon 16mm film work can also be streamed on Vimeo. The sixties meets the twenty first century.
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Dear Mark
El Otro Lado
Little Boy
Llanito
Los Ninos Abandonados
Media Man
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