W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause

Name: W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2026-05-19
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Cast: W.E.B. Du Bois, Courtney B. Vance, Jeffrey Wright, Common, Viola Davis

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause (2026)

Timing: 1:52 (112 min)

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Release date

2026-05-19

Country

United States

Production

American Masters Pictures, Black Public Media, RCW Media Productions

Genre

Documentary, History

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Website

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/w-e-b-du-bois-documentary/34807/

Director

Rita Coburn Whack

Actors

W.E.B. Du Bois, Courtney B. Vance, Jeffrey Wright, Common, Viola Davis, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Nikole Hannah-Jones
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Producer

Julie Sacks, Rita Coburn Whack, Leslie Fields-Cruz, Michael Kantor, Denise A. Greene, Andrew T. Carr, BK Fulton, Sandra Evers-Manly

Operator

Henry Adebonojo

Composer

Kathryn Bostic

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Editing

K.A. Miille
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Short description

Explore the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois. From his birth, just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation; to his death, on the eve of the March on Washington in 1963, his legacy as an activist continues to resonate today.

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