We Shall Overcome

Original title: Drømmen

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Anders W. Berthelsen, Bent Mejding, Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis, Jens Jørn Spottag, and Janus Dissing Rathke in We Shall Overcome (2006)

A boy, inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., challenges a repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark.A boy, inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., challenges a repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark.A boy, inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., challenges a repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark.

Director
- Niels Arden Oplev
Writers
- Steen Bille
- Niels Arden Oplev
Stars

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7.3/10

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Director
- Niels Arden Oplev
Writers
- Steen Bille
- Niels Arden Oplev
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 17 wins & 14 nominations

Trivia
Director and co-author Niels Arden Oplev had a school mate whose ear almost had been ripped off by the school principal.

Goofs
When the parents are driving to the School Board hearing, they drive by a house with a large satellite dish on the side.

Connections
Featured in Drømmen - en instruktørs rejse (2006)

Soundtracks
Dark End of the Street
Music and Lyrics by Chips Moman and Dan Penn
Performed by James Carr
(EMI Music Publishing AB)

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9/10

Why Peter Belli?!?!

Truly fantastic movie. Peter Belli singing The House of the Rising Sun nearly ruined it, however. God, the man may be a rock star in Denmark but... seriously he is so bad.