PRELUDE: TWO MINUTE WARNING

Unpacking the iconic Spider Martin "Bloody Sunday" photograph with Charles Mauldin, 17-years-old on March 7, 1965, and sixth in line. Both Charles and this image are featured in the 20-minute documentary, American Dignity — scroll down for more.

Two Minute Warning

MAIN FEATURE: american dignity

In the aftermath of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, voting rights activist Charles Douglas III is disquieted and questioning the future of his community and the movement he has helped lead. Seeking clarity, he turns to civil rights veteran Charles Mauldin, who, at just 17, was sixth in line during the historic 1965 “Bloody Sunday” march across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge. Filmed during the first weeks of 2025, American Dignity captures a nation in flux, culminating on the streets of Washington, D.C., where Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day converge. This short documentary is both a snapshot of a critical moment and a meditation on the enduring tension between progress and backlash. It explores the weight of history on those who carry it, the cost of standing still, and the quiet resolve it takes to keep marching—no matter what lies ahead. Directed by Hanson Hosein, available now for rent or purchase.


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As the two men walk and talk—across decades and generations—they wrestle with what it means to keep going when history seems to repeat itself. Their conversations unearth hard-won lessons from young activists who, sixty years earlier, refused to pause their fight for democratic dignity, even in the face of violent resistance and deep uncertainty.