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The Road to Justice

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Catalogue Number:  TVP108
Producer:  Video Project, Inc.
Producing Agencies:  The Nation Magazine
Subject:  American History, Black History, Canadian World Studies, Citizenship Education, Criminal Justice & Law, Current Events, Diversity, Documentary, Family Studies/Home Economics, Guidance, History, Social Issues, Social Sciences, Social Studies
Language:  English
Grade Level:  9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin:  United States
Copyright Year:  2021
Running Time:  31:00


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The Road to Justice follows two groups on a civil rights tour through the American South as they reckon with our painful legacy of racial injustice. The first is a group of predominantly Black middle school students from Chicago, and the second a group of older mostly white Americans who lived through the 1960s Civil Rights era. Both groups come face to face with the leaders and everyday heroes whose courage and perseverance paved the way for future generations.

Both young and old are changed by meeting numerous figures such as: Sylvester Hoover, a former sharecropper who operates a museum in the Mississippi Delta; Elizabeth Eckford, whose bravery and fortitude were captured in iconic images as Little Rock was forced to integrate their schools; Hezekiah Watkins, a Freedom Rider, who spent time on death row at age 13 and was arrested 109 times during his lifetime of activism; and Carolyn McKinstry, a survivor of the Birmingham church bombing that killed her four young friends.

Through frank conversations with these leaders, tour-guide and activist André Robert Lee, and each other, those taking this journey come to a new understanding about their collective past and the way forward. The film is a testament to the power of place-based learning and direct experience in creating transformational change, both within one's self and in the world at large.

It is also a call to action.

 

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Baltimore International Black Film Festival
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Portland Film Festival
Cucalorous Film Festival
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"The Road to Justice tells us as much about life in the segregated South, and the history of the civil rights movement, as many lengthy volumes. At a time when the achievements of the struggle for racial justice are under unprecedented assault, viewers both young and old will learn about the realities of our history and the heroism of those willing to take a stand for equality. It deserves wide distribution in schools, online, and wherever Americans wish to learn about the past and present of our society."
— Eric Foner, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery / DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia University
"Fantastic film! It is perfect for our current DEI initiative!"
— Deborah Glymph, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Chatham Hall

 


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