EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography has wrapped on Following Harry, a documentary that offers an inside view of 96-year-old civil rights icon Harry Belafonte’s continuing mission of social justice. Th…
, a film that examined both Belafonte’s groundbreaking career in entertainment and his key role in the Civil Rights Movement.is a present-tense account of Belafonte’s ongoing dedication to advance a more equitable and just society. It covers a span of time dating from the killing of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida more than a decade ago until today.
In an exclusive first-look at the film in the clip below, Belafonte comments, “If anybody had told me that after Dr. King’s murder, after the murder of Bobby Kennedy and all the upheavals of the 1950s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, that today — now — we would still be at the gate around issues of race and the vote, I wouldn’t have believed it. The truth of the matter is that the enemy doesn’t sleep.”Sing Your Song“Harry and I have known each other for over 30 years,” Nasso said.
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