American Reckoning
American Reckoning reveals the truth that today’s anti-Black violence is nothing new. Digging into the case of Wharlest Jackson, Sr., an NAACP leader and one of hundreds of unsolved civil rights era murders, we discover how not only how the FBI and US Government failed Black families then, but also now by not solving any cases despite the 2007 Emmett Till Act’s allocation of money to do so. Filming in Natchez, Mississippi, where the murder took place, the film discovers a story of Black resistance that was never widely known, and also speaks to the resistance that’s always been part of the struggle against white supremacy in America.
Production Team & Partners
Directors: Brad Lichtenstein, Yoruba Richen; Producers: Brad Lichtenstein, Yoruba Richen; Cinematographer: Keith Walker
