Directing
Jeffry Lloyd Silverman
Place of birth
State College, Pennsylvania, USA
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Directing
Credits
3 titles
As a longtime Alaskan media producer and playwright, Jeffry Lloyd Silverman has produced a number of notable documentary films about Alaska, with an emphasis on Native public affairs, history and culture. Several of these films are on permanent exhibit in Anchorage. Jeff produced, co-wrote and co-directed the award-winning civil rights documentary, “For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska,” which has aired nationally on PBS stations since 2009. He produced an award-winning weekly public affairs show for public television for seven years.
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Behind the camera
In 1867, when the United States purchased the Alaska territory, the promise of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights didn't apply to Alaska Natives. Their struggle to win justice is one of the great, untold chapters of the American civil rights movement, culminating at the violent peak of World War II with the passage of one of the nation's first equal rights laws.
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
2009
In 1867, when the United States purchased the Alaska territory, the promise of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights didn't apply to Alaska Natives. Their struggle to win justice is one of the great, untold chapters of the American civil rights movement, culminating at the violent peak of World War II with the passage of one of the nation's first equal rights laws.
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
2009
In 1867, when the United States purchased the Alaska territory, the promise of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights didn't apply to Alaska Natives. Their struggle to win justice is one of the great, untold chapters of the American civil rights movement, culminating at the violent peak of World War II with the passage of one of the nation's first equal rights laws.
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
2009