Research project An American Dilemma? The Swedish History of Finally Got the News (1970)
The project sets out to depict the Swedish history of the legendary documentary Finally Got the News (1970), a collaboration between Newsreel and The League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit.
re-selected #2: Finally Got the News
Through an analysis of the re-edited print made by Swedish TV in 1971 and archival research on the League member Glanton Dowdell, who distributed the film in Sweden, the paper sets out to both correct some of the previous research and reveal how racism was a blind spot in Sweden, which at this time appeared to be the model of a politically progressive country that engaged with the American Black Power movement.
Project members
Project managers
John Sundholm
Professor
Department of Media Studies
