Maynard

Name: Maynard
Director: Sam Pollard
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2017-11-16
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Bill Clinton, Al Sharpton, Vernon Jordan, Kasim Reed, Andrew Young

Directed by Sam Pollard

Documentary

History

20171h 39m5.2

Overview

Director Sam Pollard constructs a portrait of charismatic trailblazer Maynard Jackson, who became Atlanta’s first black mayor in 1973. The son of pastors raised in the segregated South, Jackson entered college at 14 and took office at 35. During his three-term tenure, he led the city through the traumatic Atlanta child murders scare and triumphantly hosted the 1996 Olympics, all while championing racial equality. Family and colleagues, including Bill Clinton, Andrew Young and Al Sharpton, tell the epic story of a dynamic leader and his legacy of honor and progress.