A Reckoning in Boston
Hosted by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum-Damaris Calderon
In-person
When
Jun 19, 11:30 AM EDT
Where
Isabella Stewart Gardner Musuem
25 Evans Way, Boston, MA, 02115
Price
Free Screening
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About the event
Free Day- Juneteenth
About the film
Kafi Dixon dreams of starting a land cooperative for women of color who have experienced trauma and disenfranchisement in the city of Boston. By day she drives a city bus; at night she studies the humanities in a tuition-free course. Her classmate Carl Chandler, a community elder, is the class’s intellectual leader. White suburban filmmaker James Rutenbeck documents the students’ engagement with the humanities. He looks for transformations but is awakened to the violence, racism and gentrification that threaten Kafi and Carl's very place in the city. Troubled by his failure to bring the film together, he enlists the pair as collaborators with a share in the film revenues. Five years on, despite many obstacles, Kafi and Carl arrive at surprising new places in their lives—and James does too.
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
1h 24m
Released
2020
Director
James Rutenbeck
Producer
Carl Chandler, Kafi Dixon, James Rutenbeck
Executive Producer
Llewellyn Smith, Anne Marie Stein
Writer
James Rutenbeck
About the space
Bring family and friends to honor Juneteenth, the oldest nationally recognized commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States, with a free day of performances, conversations, and activities throughout the Museum that celebrate community and freedom.Join us for a very special screening of A Reckoning in Boston, a film that explores how for far too long, there has been an absence of space for documenting and amplifying the stories, perspectives, and struggles of Bostonians of Color who continue to reside, build, and thrive here. Following the screening, stay to learn more about the film’s themes of transformation, trauma, freedom, place-making, and community, in a talkback with Producer Kafi Dixon and guest panelists. This conversation will be moderated by the museum’s Manager of Community Engagement Mars Calderon and introduced with a poem by spoken word artist and community activist Amanda Shea.
art-center
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Indoor Event
Wheelchair accessible