A Time for Justice

A Time for Justice is a 1994 American short documentary film produced by Charles Guggenheim. In 1995, it won an Oscar for Academy Award for [Best Documentary (Short Subject)|Documentary Short Subject] at the 67th Academy Awards.

Summary

The 38-minute film, narrated by Julian Bond and featuring John Lewis, presents a short history of the Civil Rights Movement using historical footage and spoken accounts of participants. Events recounted are the Montgomery bus boycott; school integration in Little Rock, Arkansas; demonstrations in Birmingham; and the 1965 Selma to [Montgomery march] for voting rights.

Production

The film was produced by Guggenheim for the Southern [Poverty Law Center].