2022
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1h 20m
Official Website
Genres
Documentary
History
Production Companies
Realization Pictures
K2 Pictures
Ark Media
ITVS
K2 Pictures
Ark Media
ITVS
The Picture Taker
Overview
From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by decades of secret FBI service revealed only after his death. Was he a friend of the civil rights community, or enemy—or both?
Key Crew
Director: Phil Bertelsen
Director of Photography: Keith Walker, Aaron Baggett, Jerry Henry
Producer: Phil Bertelsen, Lise Yasui
Videos
The Picture Taker | Official Trailer | Independent Lens | PBS
