Independent Lens
Ratified
Ratified brings to life the push to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution through the legal battle in Virginia—the final state needed to ratify the amendment.
Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change
African American and white Catholic nuns helped make Selma a turning point for the civil rights movement and change the role of the Catholic church in America.
- Series
- PBS Plus Presentation
- Premiere Date
- February 1, 2007
- Length
- 60 minutes
- Funding Initiative
- Open Call
Producer/Director
Jayasri Majumdar Hart
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The Film
During the bloody marches of 1965 in Selma, Alabama, a startling new group of leaders joined the battle for civil rights: African American and white Catholic nuns. Nine nuns look back at the events that changed their lives and helped make Selma a turning point for Martin Luther King's movement and for religious Americans.
