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Independents Night: Banished Marco Williams, US, 2006; 86m Thursday, June 21, 6:30 pm Admission: $11 general public; $7 FSLC members & students. Please note: there is a $1.25 service charge per ticket ordered online and cash only transactions at the box office. There will be a Q&A after the screening. In the years between the Civil War and the Great Depression, thousands of African-American families throughout the country were violently driven from their land by their white neighbors. These acts of racial cleansing left victims with little choice: get out or die. More than a century later, many of these areas remain all white. Filmmaker Marco Williams (Two Towns of Jasper, 2002), whose work examines the dynamic of race relations in the United States, brings this shameful legacy to light in his documentary Banished by exploring what happens when the descendants of families from three such areas try to make sense of this tragic history. In Forsyth County, Ga., reporter Elliot Jaspin discovers that most of the property owned by African-Americans was never sold, but was simply taken by white neighbors. Two brothers try to persuade the town of Pierce City, Mo., to relocate their ancestor¹s remains to a more hospitable location. And in Harrison, Ark., the current headquarters of the Ku Klux Klan, a group of white citizens try to find ways to overcome the town¹s racist past. Regret, compassion, morality and emotional tolls combine at all three locations to raise several questions: what can be done to compensate these families and what would truly constitute moral reparation? Williams leaves it to us ­­as a nation ­­to come up with answers that satisfy this overwhelming historical tragedy. A special Independents Night presentation with the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. With special thanks to Milton Tabbot. Independents Night is devoted exclusively to showcasing New York premieres of American documentaries. This rich genre comes to the big screen every other month at the Walter Reade Theater, making it one of the city’s foremost venues for nonfiction work. With the filmmakers in attendance, Independents Night is always a provocative evening of discovery and exploration. Come to the screening and stay for the Q&A after the film.

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