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"Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day" Film Screening (15 min.) & Discussion with Director and Historian

Screening of Film (15 mins.) and discussion with director, Christine Turner, and featured historian, Dr. Terry Anne Scott. Discussion facilitated by Dr. David Domke.

Thursday, July 21

5:00 pm PST / 8:00 pm EST

Please join the Institute for Common Power for a screening of this awarding winning short film (short-listed for Academy Award, winner of an NAACP Image Award, Peabody nominee, and much more!)

Following the screening, Dr. David Domke will facilitate a discussion with the film's director, Christine Turner, and one of the featured historians, Dr. Terry Anne Scott.

Paramount Films: "From 1880 to 1968, over 4000 African Americans were lynched in the United States. Like picnics or parties, lynchings were often carnival-like events commemorated through photos and postcards. This film tells the story of how Black activists subverted these souvenirs, which were celebrations of white supremacy, in the fight against lynching."

Christine Turner is a documentary filmmaker whose work has been called “Exquisitely tender” and “Thoughtful and enlightening” by The Washington Post. Her latest film, Lynching Postcards: “Token of a Great Day” (Paramount+), won an NAACP Image Award and was shortlisted for an Oscar. Previously, Christine directed the critically acclaimed documentary Homegoings, about a renowned funeral director in Harlem. Now streaming on the Criterion Channel, the film premiered at Documentary Fortnight at MoMA and aired nationally on the PBS series POV. Her short film Betye Saar: Taking Care of Business, about a 93 year-old artist whose work explodes stereotypes of Black femininity, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was featured as a New York Times Op-Doc.