In the summer of 1964 a quiet revolution began in Mississippi. It was Freedom Summer. Black and white women from Boston, New York, Philly and Chicago traveled to Mississippi on Tuesdays -- every week. “Wednesdays Women” were supplying cover and support to the local de-segregation movement, doing what Dorothy Height called, “women’s work…the work of making connections and building community.”

The story of these brave women has never been told. Their courage, danger, and transformation is called WEDNESDAYS IN MISSISSIPPI.

The filmmakers say:

First and foremost, all of us involved in the film are feminists and mothers. We understand and appreciate the power of women coming to together to bring about meaningful change.

We also strongly believe that this story will provide a road map on how individuals can bridge differences and work together for social change. As filmmakers we were moved by these ordinary Black and White women - these wives, mothers and daughters - who took extraordinary actions during a time of great turmoil and change in America. What distinguishes the work of the Wednesdays women was their creativity and their courage in the face of enormous odds. They were not college students or young civil rights activists. They were middle class and middle aged women from the North and the South with families. Their lives and their livelihoods were at stake, yet they ventured together out of their safety zone to do what women do naturally; bond with their sisters and connect over commonalities, and then share their experiences together with their own communities.

Historically, women’s stories are often marginalized, forgotten and discarded. Very few films have told the significant role women played in the fight for racial equality in American. Most of the marchers were women. Women were often the first to join boycotts, to try to register to vote, to house and feed young civil rights workers and to attempt to integrate segregated institutions. The women who participated in Wednesdays in Mississippi were determined to follow their ideals and try to move towards a new world for themselves and their children. We are honored and humbled to share these women’s stories.

Wednesdays in Mississippi is in production. Funds are needed to complete the filming and editing of this film. Join the effort to tell this amazing story before it is too late. Most of the “Wednesdays’ women” are in their 70’s and 80’s. There is an urgent need to capture these unsung heroines’ stories in their own words before they are lost to us forever.

Wednesdays in Mississippi is proud to be fiscally sponsored by Women Make Movies, a 501(c) non-profit organization. All donations to the film are fully tax-deductible. To make a donation you can send a check directly to Marlene McCurtis, Wednesdays in Mississippi Film Project, 645 Sunnyhill Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Please make checks payable to: Women Make Movies and write “Wednesdays in Mississippi” in the memo line.