Directed by Jane Gilloly, Documentary, English, 85 min, USA, 2018.

Tuesday March 31th, 7:00 PM

Emerson College at Bright Family Screening Room

The death of Michael Brown, shot by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer in 2014, was national news after protests erupted there. But the history of Ferguson, a formerly whites-only “sundown town,” and the neighboring black town of Kinloch, now semi-abandoned, is not well known. Incorporating reflections of residents of Kinloch and Ferguson (including Gillooly, who grew up in Ferguson), this film explores the relationship between these two towns. Beginning with a 1960s roadblock that divided then-white Ferguson from black Kinloch, the film depicts a microhistory of race relations in America.

Discussion with director Jane Gilloly to follow.

Co-presented as part of the It’s All True Documentary Showcase, the United Nations Association of Greater Boston and the Roxbury International Film Festival.