Uniting People – A Moral Fusion Revolution is a thought-provoking documentary that follows the rebirth of the Poor People’s Campaign in 2018, highlighting how Michigan organizers helped ignite a national movement to challenge poverty, racism, and injustice through love, truth, and direct action.
The Story
Uniting People - A Moral Fusion Revolution is a thought-provoking documentary that bridges the past and present, telling the story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for the Poor People’s Campaign and how it was reborn in 2018 to confront America's unfinished fight against poverty, racism, and inequality. Led nationally by Rev. Dr. William Barber II and Dr. Liz Theoharis, the revitalized Poor People’s Campaign mobilized communities across the country for forty days of moral fusion direct action. The Michigan Poor People’s Campaign was at the center of the movement. Activists, faith leaders, low-wage workers, and everyday people came together to challenge the systems that failed them for decades. The story is comprised of raw footage, historic reflections, and first-person stories. Uniting People captures how a grassroots movement in Michigan became part of a growing national force, one that’s not just remembering history but making it. In the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, a new generation is rising to demand justice.
Petra Daher
Producer/Director
Copyright December 2025
“There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.”
Dr. King, Nobel Peace Prize address, 1964
“We must rally. We must organize. And mobilize. And sit in and stand up. Not just for a day. Not just for a summer. But until all people are housed. Until all people are fed. Until all people earn a living wage. When our voting rights are protected and expanded. All debt is canceled. All air and water is clean. All people are free to thrive, not just barely survive." Rev. Liz Theoharis
Crew and Cast
Produced by
Petra Productions
A film by M. Petra Daher
Director of Photography
M. Petra Daher
Cinematographer
David C Jones
Detroit Video & Photography
Jennifer Teed
Additional Photography
Michigan Poor Peoples Campaign and Carolyn Baker
Featured Photography
Welfare Rights Organization marchers, photograph taken by W.H. Spradley, May 13, 1968. Jack Rottier photograph collection, C0003, Box 8, Photo 28, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries. Coretta Scott King, May 30, 1968. Jack Rottier photograph collection, C0003, Box 8, Photo 27, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries. Resurrection City, photograph taken by W.H. Spradley, June 19, 1968. Jack Rottier photograph collection, C0003, Box 8, Photo 37, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Music Courtesy of Michigan Poor Peoples Campaign, National Poor Peoples Campaign, Philip Daher, Soulfood Chris Haugen, Anastasia Chubarova from Pixabay
Filmed in Lansing and Detroit, Michigan
Featuring
Crystal Bernard
Mama Lila Cabbil
Marian Kramer
Melissa Mays
Rev. Edwin Rowe
Dr. Liz Theoharis
Bill Kylie-Wellerman
Dr. Colleen Wessel-McCoy
This independent documentary film will be available for screening in late 2026. Interested in being a sponsor or hosting a screening? Send me an email for more information.
Two Easy Ways to Donate to support this film and future projects.
1. MAKE A DONATION TO PETRA DAHER ON VENMO OR PAYPAL
2. DONATE BY MAIL SEND A CHECK TO THE PEACE EDUCATION CENTER C/O PETRA DAHER WRITE UNITING PEOPLE FILM IN THE MEMO. THE PEACE EDUCATION CENTER C/O PETRA DAHER 1120 S. HARRISON ROAD EAST LANSING, MI 48823
The Story
Uniting People - A Moral Fusion Revolution is a thought-provoking documentary that bridges the past and present, telling the story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for the Poor People’s Campaign and how it was reborn in 2018 to confront America's unfinished fight against poverty, racism, and inequality. Led nationally by Rev. Dr. William Barber II and Dr. Liz Theoharis, the revitalized Poor People’s Campaign mobilized communities across the country for forty days of moral fusion direct action. The Michigan Poor People’s Campaign was at the center of the movement. Activists, faith leaders, low-wage workers, and everyday people came together to challenge the systems that failed them for decades. The story is comprised of raw footage, historic reflections, and first-person stories. Uniting People captures how a grassroots movement in Michigan became part of a growing national force, one that’s not just remembering history but making it. In the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, a new generation is rising to demand justice.
Petra Daher
Producer/Director
Copyright December 2025
“There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.”
Dr. King, Nobel Peace Prize address, 1964
“We must rally. We must organize. And mobilize. And sit in and stand up. Not just for a day. Not just for a summer. But until all people are housed. Until all people are fed. Until all people earn a living wage. When our voting rights are protected and expanded. All debt is canceled. All air and water is clean. All people are free to thrive, not just barely survive." Rev. Liz Theoharis
Crew and Cast
Produced by
Petra Productions
A film by M. Petra Daher
Director of Photography
M. Petra Daher
Cinematographer
David C Jones
Detroit Video & Photography
Jennifer Teed
Additional Photography
Michigan Poor Peoples Campaign and Carolyn Baker
Featured Photography
Welfare Rights Organization marchers, photograph taken by W.H. Spradley, May 13, 1968. Jack Rottier photograph collection, C0003, Box 8, Photo 28, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries. Coretta Scott King, May 30, 1968. Jack Rottier photograph collection, C0003, Box 8, Photo 27, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries. Resurrection City, photograph taken by W.H. Spradley, June 19, 1968. Jack Rottier photograph collection, C0003, Box 8, Photo 37, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Music Courtesy of Michigan Poor Peoples Campaign, National Poor Peoples Campaign, Philip Daher, Soulfood Chris Haugen, Anastasia Chubarova from Pixabay
Filmed in Lansing and Detroit, Michigan
Featuring
Crystal Bernard
Mama Lila Cabbil
Marian Kramer
Melissa Mays
Rev. Edwin Rowe
Dr. Liz Theoharis
Bill Kylie-Wellerman
Dr. Colleen Wessel-McCoy
This independent documentary film will be available for screening in late 2026. Interested in being a sponsor or hosting a screening? Send me an email for more information.
Two Easy Ways to Donate to support this film and future projects.
1. MAKE A DONATION TO PETRA DAHER ON VENMO OR PAYPAL
2. DONATE BY MAIL SEND A CHECK TO THE PEACE EDUCATION CENTER C/O PETRA DAHER WRITE UNITING PEOPLE FILM IN THE MEMO. THE PEACE EDUCATION CENTER C/O PETRA DAHER 1120 S. HARRISON ROAD EAST LANSING, MI 48823
