Sisterhood Alive and Well: The Million Woman March

Beginning with Dick Gregory's fascinating two-minute mini-history of race relations in America, this homemade video presents random statements from a cross-section of participants at the October 1997 Million Woman March at Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. Coming together to demonstrate their concerns for black America and express their sense of unity as a movement, the black women serve up issues as wide-ranging as breast cancer and land mines, with lots of "we can make a difference" on the side. Unfortunately, there is no background, perspective, history, or follow-up to the topics addressed or to the event itself, other than a rather bizarre statement about the amount of money the participants spent in Philadelphia. This production is therefore strictly optional, especially considering the typos in the onscreen text and the occasionally shaky camera work. Aud: H, C, P. (K. Glaser)