Desc: Lulu and the Girls of Americus, Georgia 1963: Directed by Richard J. McCollough, Travis W. Lewis. "Lulu and the Girls of Americus, Georgia 1963" is an original landmark documentary film produced by Richard J. McCollough and Travis W. Lewis. It is a poignant, untold story of how children joined the fight for equal rights in their hometown during the civil rights movement. It is told from the perspective of Lulu Westbrooks-Griffin along with her brother James, cousin Gloria Westbrooks, other family members and several surviving women. The film recounts that fateful experience in the summer of 1963 when the girls were arrested for protesting against segregation policies of the Martin Theater. Once arrested the girls were taken for more than a month in a civil war era prison, literally in the middle of nowhere. These elementary and junior high girls were subjected to the most inhumane conditions and cruel treatment by law officials.