Melvin & Jean: An American Story

2012 59 min

Overview

When Melvin and Jean McNair hijacked a plane from Detroit to Algeria in 1972 with their two babies on board, they called it an act of political resistance. The hijacking was also an act of desperation committed by two people in their early twenties who saw no other way to escape what they felt was the constant state of racial oppression in America. Living in Paris forty years after the hijacking and unable to return to the U.S., Melvin and Jean are still coming to terms with their crime and its lifelong consequences.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

France
United States of America

Spoken Languages

English en

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Cast

Crew

Matthieu Belghiti

Producer

Maia Wechsler

Producer

Maia Wechsler

Director

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