Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round
Hosted by Ruby Pictures Inc.
On-demand
Available
Mar 30, 12:15 AM PDT - Apr 14, 12:15 AM PDT
Price
$10.00 USD per person
Available in
Worldwide
Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round - Easter and Passover Screening Event
Very Important: Please read this description in its entirety.
Join us for a special, limited-time, on-demand screening event of Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round in honor of Easter and Passover. The film is available for a 48-hour viewing window starting Monday, March 30th, through Monday, April 13th.
Ticket holders have access to a live 1- hour Zoom panel discussion and Q&A on Sunday Paril 12th at 6:30 PM Eastern with:
Filmmaker Ilana Trachman
Desmond K. Blackburn (President/CEO of Facing History & Ourselves)
Rabbi Joshua Stanton (Jewish Federations of North America), and
Dr. Michael A. Stevens (Founder/Sr. Pastor of City Church Northlake)
The Zoom link will be provided in the “On-Demand Description,” which becomes visible after you purchase your ticket.
***You will have 48 hours to finish the film once you begin watching. Unfortunately, we are unable to extend the viewing window or offer refunds if the film is not completed within that time.***
Event Participants
Ilana Trachtman
Filmmaker
Dr. Michael A. Stevens, Sr.
Founder/Sr. Pastor City Church Northlake
Rabbi Joshua Stanton
Jewish Federations of North America
Desmond K. Blackburn
CEO of Facing History & Ourselves
About the film
Five Howard students sat down on the gilded horses of whites-only carousel the summer of 1960. When the white community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students en masse and set up picket lines, an unprecedented collaboration was born.
The pickets attracted Nazis, congressmen, and a press avalanche. Picketing together led to partying together and union organizers mentored student activists, ultimately producing ten 1961 Freedom Riders, including Stokely Carmichael, and a Supreme Court case. With never-before-seen footage, and immersive storytelling by Emmy-award winning director Ilana Trachtman, four living protesters rescue this untold story, revealing the price, and the power, of heeding the impulse to activism.
Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round includes voiceover by noted actors Jeffrey Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Bob Balaban, Lee Grant, Peter Gallagher, Dominique Thorne, Alysia Reiner and Tracie Thoms.
Genre
Documentary
Released
2024
Director
Ilana Trachtman
Producer
Ilana Trachtman
Executive Producer
Rick D'Avino, Barbara Dobkin, Pamela Murphy, Jeffrey Z. Slavin