This Saturday, June 12th Freedom Riders has its New York premieres at BAMcinemaFest.  For more information, visit BAMcinemaFest.

Freedom Riders was produced and directed by Stanley Nelson, produced by Laurens Grant and edited by Lewis Erskine and Aljernon Tunsil.  It will be broadcast on PBS as part of American Experience during 2011, the 50th anniversary of the freedom rides.

The film chronicles the story of the Freedom Riders - an interracial group of young people who traveled the South in 1961 challenging segregation by demanding access to terminal restaurants, waiting rooms, buses and trains.  Tracing the civil rights movement before it became The Civil Rights Movement, the film explores the stories behind these courageous actions.

Congratulations to the team and Firelight Media on an amazing, important film.  Check out this exclusive NY premiere, and the rest of the offerings of the BAMcinemaFest:

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