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Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Mayor Campbellhad embraced Freaknik when it was a more manageable event, as most people...

Mayor Campbell
had embraced Freaknik when it was a more manageable event, as most people did

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Mayor Campbell had embraced Freaknik
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when it was a more manageable event,
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as most people did.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:22
Uploaded
Apr 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Swirl Films,Mass Appeal

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Movie Summary

Recounts the rise and fall of a small Atlanta HBCU picnic that exploded into an influential street party and spotlighted ATL as a major cultural stage.
Because we felt that we had a sacred responsibility - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:09
Because we felt that we had a sacred responsibility
Uh, it changed into something else. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:10
Uh, it changed into something else.
And so I think that he had to make some tough decisions. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:16
And so I think that he had to make some tough decisions.
Freaknik may have brought $15 million to the city coffers. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:06
Freaknik may have brought $15 million to the city coffers.
People act outraged about the social and the cultural and the moral stuff. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:06
People act outraged about the social and the cultural and th...
And there were a lot of business owners who felt like when the city shut down - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:12
And there were a lot of business owners who felt like when t...
So this has been Freaknik weekend. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:10
So this has been Freaknik weekend.
At that point in time, Atlanta had - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:34
At that point in time, Atlanta had
No one should have to downsize their staff - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:07
No one should have to downsize their staff
There was a turning of the Black dollar, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:09
There was a turning of the Black dollar,
I mean, it was just not a comfortable period - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:16
I mean, it was just not a comfortable period
What I saw in '96 is, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, y'all can't do that. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:05
What I saw in '96 is, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, y'al...
"These rooms aren't sold, but they're not selling them to us. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:05
"These rooms aren't sold, but they're not sel...
"These restaurants aren't full, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:18
"These restaurants aren't full,
I just think that it was a game of "big bank take little bank." - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:37
I just think that it was a game of "big bank take littl...
Now, suddenly, Freaknik was something - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:06
Now, suddenly, Freaknik was something
Bill wanted to move the name even away from Freaknik. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:05
Bill wanted to move the name even away from Freaknik.
George Hawthorne is chairman of the planning committee - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:21
George Hawthorne is chairman of the planning committee
I went into it with the open attitude, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:13
I went into it with the open attitude,
And when I took on this-this position, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 00:19
And when I took on this-this position,