Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Look Away, Look Away

Directors: Patrick O'Connor
Run Time: 89 minutes
"Look Away, Look Away displays the slow and painful process that finally leads to change. It also contrasts how thoughtful and methodical the people pushing for a new flag were in relationship to those who were emotionally nostalgic about the Confederacy, rallied -- some with weapons around Confederate statues and monuments and were no match for people who were using reason to try changing minds and, eventually, hearts." 
-Bob Bloom, The Film Yap

100 Years from Mississippi

Directors: Tarabu Betserai Kirkland
Run Time: 60 minutes
"[Ms. Kirkland is] the embodiment of the African-American experience of the 20th century, her life's long journey altered repeatedly by the racial violence and bigotry coursing through the United States. Lynchings, riots, the Ku Klux Klan -- she survived it all, and spent her centenarian years working to ensure that these realities never slipped from collective memory."
-Dan Barry, New York Times