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The Good Fight is an hour-long documentary film about James Farmer. Click below to view the trailer for the film. The full-length film may be checked out from Simpson Library; you'll find the DVD shelved among the books, at the call number E 185.97 .F37 G66 2009.
A two-hour documentary film, part of PBS's American Experience series, based on Raymond Arsenault's book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice. Click here to watch the film. You can also check out the DVD from Simpson Library.
"Ain't Scared of Your Jails -- 1960-1961" is Episode 3 of the PBS documentary Eyes on the Prize. Click below to watch it on Films On Demand. You may be asked for your UMW password.
In 1987, WNVT-TV videotaped a series of lectures given by James Farmer at Mary Washington College. Digital copies of these videos are available in Simpson Library's Digital Collections.
Some of the lectures are also available on Vimeo, as part of a project called the James Farmer Lectures, which was completed in 2012 by Laura Donahue ’12, Michelle Martz ’12, Kelsey Matthews ’13, and Caitlin Murphy ’12 for Dr. Jeffrey McClurken's Adventures in Digital History seminar.
An episode of the television program The Open Mind, broadcast November 13, 1992. Host Richard D. Heffner interviews James Farmer.
An episode of the television program The Open Mind, broadcast June 12, 1963. A roundtable discussion led by Richard D. Heffner, with guests Malcolm X, James Farmer, Wyatt Tee Walker, and Alan Morrison.