Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Hosted by Mercer University Office of DII, Mercer Votes
In-person
When
Feb 16, 6:30 PM EST
Where
Mercer University
1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, GA, 31207
Price
Free Screening
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About the event
Screening and discussion of the 2022 film, Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power.
About the film
The passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 represented not the culmination of the Civil Rights Movement, but the beginning of a new, crucial chapter. Nowhere was this next battle better epitomized than in Lowndes County, Alabama, a rural, impoverished county with a vicious history of racist terrorism. In a county that was 80 percent Black but had zero Black voters, laws were just paper without power. This isn’t a story of hope but of action. Through first person accounts and searing archival footage, LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers who fought not just for voting rights, but for Black Power in Lowndes County.
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
1h 30m
Released
2022
Director
Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard
Producer
Jessica Devaney, Anya Rous, Dema Paxton Fofang
Executive Producer
Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Fred Grinstein, Linzee Troubh
Crew
Henry Adebonojo, Viridiana Lieberman, Kathryn Bostic
About the space
Auditorium on the Macon Campus of Mercer University.
theater
Indoor Event