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A Documentary Film About Lynching in the American South

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Why Kids Need to Learn About Lynching

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VICE, “Why Kids Need to Learn About Lynching,” by Seth Ferranti (March 9, 2017)

WRITING FROM THE FILMMAKERS

Uncovering Hidden History on the Road to Clanton

Co-director Lance Warren interrogates the silence around lynching in the South.

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Remembering as Resistance

Co-director Hannah Ayers introduces the inspiring women and men who insist lynching’s past is in our present

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What Happens When We Forget?

In this photo essay, co-director Lance Warren peels back layers of hidden history where AN OUTRAGE was filmed—at lynching sites across the American South.

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