
The Picture Taker
- Released on
Documentary, History
•- Runtime
- 80 mins
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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?
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?
Cast
Director
- Phil Bertelsen
Producers
- Lise Yasui
- Phil Bertelsen