Q&A with Madeline Anderson

Madeline Anderson’s classic documentary I Am Somebody depicts the strength of, and the hardships endured by, a striking group of African-American women in Charleston, South Carolina. The program also features Anderson’s first documentary, as well as work from Black Journal. “I was determined to do what I was going to do at any cost. I kept plugging away. Whatever I had to do, I did it,” she said of her career.

I Am Somebody
Madeline Anderson, USA, 1970, 16mm, 30m
Courtesy of the Reserve Film and Video Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Preserved with funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. 

Integration Report #1
Madeline Anderson, USA, 1960, digital projection, 20m

A Tribute to Malcolm X
Madeline Anderson, USA, 1967, 16mm, 14m
Courtesy of the Reserve Film and Video Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.