Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

A trial lawyer by trade, ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jeffery Robinson has spent the past 10 years preparing the ultimate closing argument. Anchored by Robinson’s 2018 performance at NYC’s historic Town Hall Theater, the film, which includes archival footage, interviews and Robinson’s personal story, is a damning indictment of the damage done to all of us by obscuring centuries of our nation’s racialized past. From a hanging tree in Charleston, South Carolina, to a walking tour of the origins of slavery in colonial New York, to the site of a 1947 lynching in rural Alabama, the film brings history to life, exploring the legacy of white supremacy and collective responsibility to overcome it.

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Credits

Directors:

Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler

Executive Producer:

Ted Hope

Producer:

Jeffery Robinson, Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler

Screenwriter:

Jeffery Robinson

Cinematographer:

Jesse Wakeman

Editor:

Emily Kunstler

Sound Designer:

Coll Anderson

Music:

Kathryn Bostic

Principal Cast:

Chief Egunwale F. Amusan, Lessie Benningfield Randle, Josephine Bolling McCall, Gwen Carr, Dr. Tiffany Crutcher, Carolyn Payne, Senator Hank Sanders, Reverend Dr. Robert Turner, Kristi Williams, Commissioner Tami Sawyer

Additional Credits:

Location Sound: Matt Casuccio, Producer: Andrea Crabtree+Keller, Producer: Vanessa Hope, Producer: Susan Korda, Producer: Jayashri Wyatt, Consulting Producer: Titus Jackson, Producer: Katharine Nephew, Colorist: Chad Smith, Archival Producer: Erikka Yancy

Contact

Public Film Contact:

Emily Kunstler
Off Center Media
emily@off-center.com

Publicity Contact:

David Magdael
dmagdael@tcdm-associates.com
213-399-1434

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2021
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116 mins