

The Picture Taker
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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?
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- photographer
- fbi
- civil rights
- memphis, tennessee
- black history
- civil rights movement
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Gallery

Videos
Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremierePhiladelphia International Film Festival27 Oct 2022
- TVPBS30 Jan 2023
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The Picture Taker was released on 27 October 2022.
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