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Facing Civil Rights

Runtime
23mins
Directed by
R. Harvey Bravman
Featuring
N/A
Body

Followed by a discussion on the state of inclusivity today, featuring Sunila Thomas George, director/commissioner, MCAD, Robert Trestan, NE director, Anti-Defamation League, Susan Howards, civil rights attorney, Malcolm Cawthorne, coordinator, BHS METCO, Adam Strom, director/founder, Reimagining Migration, R. Harvey Bravman, director/producer, and moderated by Paris Alston, producer of WBUR’s Radio Boston.

Facing Civil Rights is a work in progress 23 minute documentary film by R. Harvey Bravman. The film first screened at the Coolidge on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in 2019. Six Brookline residents describe their experiences during the Civil Rights Movement and what it was like for African-Americans to move into a segregated Brookline during the 1960s. Also interviewed, Michael Dukakis paints an unvarnished picture of Brookline’s racial and religious climate during this turbulent period.

All proceeds from ticket sales benefit the Brookline Food Pantry.

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