'Sing Your Song' — director Susanne Rostock

At 84, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB000418" title="Harry Belafonte" href="/topic/entertainment/music/harry-belafonte-PECLB000418.topic">Harry Belafonte</a>'s life has spanned segregation, the civil rights movement, the anti-apartheid movement and countless other struggles against oppression. The film is woven from hundreds of hours of interviews, movie clips, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORGOV000008" title="FBI" href="/topic/crime-law-justice/crimes/fbi-ORGOV000008.topic">FBI</a> files and unseen archival footage to show the world how a tenacious individual can use his celebrity for the freedom of others.

( Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times )

At 84, Harry Belafonte's life has spanned segregation, the civil rights movement, the anti-apartheid movement and countless other struggles against oppression. The film is woven from hundreds of hours of interviews, movie clips, FBI files and unseen archival footage to show the world how a tenacious individual can use his celebrity for the freedom of others.

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