Films That Spark Community Conversations

"Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America" - Hosted by Presbyterian Church of Sudbury MA

Documentary Film Presented by Jeffrey Robinson, lawyer and social justice advocate.

In Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America, Robinson faces his largest audience, asking all of us to examine who we are, where we come from, and who we want to be.  Anchored by Robinson’s Town Hall performance, the film interweaves historical and present-day archival footage, Robinson’s personal story, and vérité and interview footage capturing Robinson’s meetings with Black change-makers and eyewitnesses to history. From a hanging tree in Charleston, South Carolina, to a walking tour of the origins of slavery in colonial New York, to the site of a 1947 lynching in rural Alabama, the film brings history to life, exploring the enduring legacy of white supremacy and our collective responsibility to overcome it.

The "Who We Are Project" was founded by Jeffery Robinson, renowned lawyer who has been fighting for racial justice for almost 40 years.The organization is an outgrowth of a talk that Robinson has been giving for the past 10 years on the history of anti-Black racism and white supremacy in the United States. This talk forms the basis of the feature length documentary film. The "Who We Are Project" will be one of the central voices that will correct the narrative on our shared history of anti-Black racism in the United States. Watch here: https://youtu.be/woCTKzg9t_w

"Hate" - A Film Directed by Jevon Dewan

Synopsis: Hate is the #1 Disease in the World. Have you been tested?

The birth of hate: A journey through America's most fraught eras illuminates the multi-layered effects of hatred, via slavery, segregation, police brutality, and more. Conveys how the disease of hate has impacted the entire world.

Hate, a journey where the characters realize that the solution lies within education, respect, and the understanding on one another's experiences. Watch here: https://tubitv.com/movies/613466/hate