Incorporating footage by documentary legends Albert Maysles and Ricky Leacock, protest songs by Maya Angelou, and a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., Integration Report 1 examines the struggle for black equality in Alabama, Brooklyn and Washington, D.C.

This essential debut film of trailblazing filmmaker Madeline Anderson is a vital snapshot of the civil rights movement. Capturing the bubbling energy of the late 50s by tracking various forms of activism, it is a great historical record and one of the pioneering political films of Direct Cinema.