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8 Minutes 46 Seconds - A story for anyone who doesn't yet understand why.
14/06/20
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This will not be an easy film to watch. But for some, it is everyday life. I hope it makes you angry, and makes you think, and it makes you question what you think you know. Because that’s what it did to me while I was making it.
I spent the week and a half after George Floyd died, watching the world explode. The web and all my social feeds were flooding over with so many moments of passionate pain. And then I saw a collage of several Black faces on an Instagram post. Each face, a person killed under circumstances of being Black in America. I began a deep dive into each of their stories, learning about them, and watching the horrific details of the end of their lives. I started downloading all the materials I could and watching the videos coming out daily from the pillars of the Black community and the protests. And then I began to create. I wanted to make a film that would speak to the people like me, the ignorant people not truly understanding what it’s like to walk outside as a Black human in today's world. Because as an almost 40 white man I was not educated correctly in Black American history. I, like so many, was under the terrible impression that institutional racism was somehow behind us. And I was wrong.
Please share this film with anyone you know that might not yet understand why the world is exploding. They might hate the looting, or hate the noise, or hate the violence, but what they fail to see is the big picture. For almost 500 years Black Americans have been dealing with devastation that makes the last two weeks look like a drop in the bucket. We all need perspective. We all need compassion. We all need love.
Thanks to my friends and family who sent me clips and gave me much-needed guidance and perspective along the way. Your voices are a part of this story too. I love you.
To do real-world change and learn more check out these organizations and people currently changing the world; BLKLivesMatter The Movement for Black Lives Inspire Justice Shaun King Color Of Change Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) #justiceforgeorgefloyd #justiceforahmaud #justiceforbreonnataylor #BLM
I spent the week and a half after George Floyd died, watching the world explode. The web and all my social feeds were flooding over with so many moments of passionate pain. And then I saw a collage of several Black faces on an Instagram post. Each face, a person killed under circumstances of being Black in America. I began a deep dive into each of their stories, learning about them, and watching the horrific details of the end of their lives. I started downloading all the materials I could and watching the videos coming out daily from the pillars of the Black community and the protests. And then I began to create. I wanted to make a film that would speak to the people like me, the ignorant people not truly understanding what it’s like to walk outside as a Black human in today's world. Because as an almost 40 white man I was not educated correctly in Black American history. I, like so many, was under the terrible impression that institutional racism was somehow behind us. And I was wrong.
Please share this film with anyone you know that might not yet understand why the world is exploding. They might hate the looting, or hate the noise, or hate the violence, but what they fail to see is the big picture. For almost 500 years Black Americans have been dealing with devastation that makes the last two weeks look like a drop in the bucket. We all need perspective. We all need compassion. We all need love.
Thanks to my friends and family who sent me clips and gave me much-needed guidance and perspective along the way. Your voices are a part of this story too. I love you.
To do real-world change and learn more check out these organizations and people currently changing the world; BLKLivesMatter The Movement for Black Lives Inspire Justice Shaun King Color Of Change Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) #justiceforgeorgefloyd #justiceforahmaud #justiceforbreonnataylor #BLM
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