Melvin & Jean: An American Story

Melvin & Jean: An American Story (2012)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2012-11-09
  • Runtime: 0h 59min
  • Language: English
  • Production Country: France, United States of America
  • Director:

Summary

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.

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Directing Maia Wechsler Director
Editing Sophie Brunet Editor
Editing Vincent Trisolini Editor
Editing Adam Zucker Editor
Production Matthieu Belghiti Producer
Production Maia Wechsler Producer