The Friendship 9 staged a sit-in in Rock Hill, SC in 1961. This multi-award-winning film documents their story in their own words.

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In this Tomorrow Pictures original, meet the men who stood up for their rights by sitting down at the counter of the Rock Hill, SC Five and Dime. They asked for a cup of coffee and were instead met with violence, police brutality, and 30 days in hard labor prison. A small town just miles from Charlotte, NC, Rock Hill became a landmark of the Civil Rights Movement. This multi-award winning documentary tells the story of one of the most significant, but not well-known moments, of the civil rights movement. The Friendship 9 stage a sit-in in Rock Hill, SC. They introduce and test the "Jail No Bail" strategy that invigorates the movement and is the precursor to the Freedom Rides. 

After gathering interviews and documents from 5 of the original participants in the sit-in, the director/producer team of Fr3deR1cK and Ellen Barnard knew they had stumbled onto a great story that needed to be told to a wider audience. The tactic these young men employed - going to jail instead of accepting bail - was a test case for the Freedom Rides, and helped energize a movement that was stalled in the South - by bringing national media attention to the battles they fought.

Director: Fr3der1cK / Producer: Ellen Barnard

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