Movies: Lynching

  • 2022
    UNSPOKEN

    UNSPOKEN (2022)

    UNSPOKEN

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    An intimate insider’s journey to uncover buried truths and explore how the community in Monroe, Georgia has been impacted by the 1946 quadruple lynching and decades of racial injustice, shattering a code of silence that has distanced neighbor from ne...

    UNSPOKEN
  • 1999
    South

    South (1999)

    South

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    Chantal Akerman investigates the American Deep South through the story of a lynching and grisly murder of an African-American man that took place in Texas in 1998....

    South
  • 2013
    Black Cat Whiskey

    Black Cat Whiskey (2013)

    Black Cat Whiskey

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    In a small rural town hit hard by the Depression, Katie Connors resides in a middle-class home with her bootlegging husband Melvin. When the opportunity arises to bump him off without getting her hands dirty, she takes a chance she may never get agai...

    Black Cat Whiskey
  • 2016
    The Body of Emmett Till

    The Body of Emmett Till (2016)

    The Body of Emmett Till

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    Emmett Till was brutally killed in the summer of 1955. At his funeral, his mother forced the world to reckon with the brutality of American racism. This short documentary was commissioned by "Time" magazine for their series "100 Photos" about the mo...

    The Body of Emmett Till
  • 2002
    Two Towns of Jasper

    Two Towns of Jasper (2002)

    Two Towns of Jasper

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    Using two separate filmmaking teams (an all-white crew filming white residents and an all-black camera crew filming black residents), TWO TOWNS OF JASPER captures very different racial views by townsfolk in Jasper, Texas, the location for a racially ...

    Two Towns of Jasper
  • 2017
    Curse of the Banshee

    Curse of the Banshee (2017)

    Curse of the Banshee

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    A vengeful banshee takes vengeance on a small Irish town that lynched her 50 years ago. Her only opposition is a demon hunter and his wild protégé....

    Curse of the Banshee
  • 1940
    The Return of Wild Bill

    The Return of Wild Bill (1940)

    The Return of Wild Bill

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    When Matt Kilgore and his men frame and then hang an innocent man, Lige Saunders sends for his son Wild Bill Saunders who arrives to find his father shot by Matt's brother. When the brother is killed in his fight with Bill, Matt sends two fake Deputi...

    The Return of Wild Bill
  • 1923
    Scars of Jealousy

    Scars of Jealousy (1923)

    Scars of Jealousy

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    Scars of Jealousy is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Lloyd Hughes and Frank Keenan. It was produced by Thomas H. Ince and distributed through Associated First National, later First National....

    Scars of Jealousy
  • 2017
    An Outrage

    An Outrage (2017)

    An Outrage

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    AN OUTRAGE is a documentary film about lynching in the American South. Filmed on-location at lynching sites in six states and bolstered by the memories and perspectives of descendants, community activists, and scholars, this unusual historical docume...

    An Outrage
  • 1995
    The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America

    The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America (1995)

    The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America

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    The film expresses the history of oppression, discrimination, violence and hate in America. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short....

    The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America
  • 2005
    The Massie Affair

    The Massie Affair (2005)

    The Massie Affair

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    In the waning days of summer 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made a drastic allegation of rape against five nonwhite islanders. What unfolded in the following days and weeks was a racially-charged murder cas...

    The Massie Affair
  • 2002
    Strange Fruit

    Strange Fruit (2002)

    Strange Fruit

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    In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high school teacher Abel Meeropol wrote a poem entitled "Strange Fruit" that begins with the words: "Southern trees bear a strange fruit / Blood on the leave...

    Strange Fruit
  • 2021
    What A Beautiful Wedding

    What A Beautiful Wedding (2021)

    What A Beautiful Wedding

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    The short horror film explores the psyche of a Black man who attends a white friend's Southern plantation wedding, and becomes haunted by its history....

    What A Beautiful Wedding
  • 1970
    Linç

    Linç (1970)

    Linç

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    The film tells the story of a convict who fights against the injustice of prison management. Arap Kadir is new to prison. He earns prison leader Fethi’s trust in no time thanks to his honesty and audacity. But Arap Kadir is left with no protection wh...

    Linç
  • 1895
    A Frontier Scene

    A Frontier Scene (1895)

    A Frontier Scene

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    A western short depicting the execution of a horse thief by a group of enraged cowboys. This film is considered to be lost....

    A Frontier Scene