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

Documentary · History

Overview

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.

Cast

• W.E.B. Du Bois as Self (archival footage)
• Courtney B. Vance as Self
• Jeffrey Wright as Self
• Common as Self
• Viola Davis as Narrator (voice)
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as Self
• Nikole Hannah-Jones as Self

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