LYNCHING POSTCARDS: 'TOKEN OF A GREAT DAY' MEET THE PRESS Film Festival at AFI FEST Virtual Screenings

LYNCHING POSTCARDS: 'TOKEN OF A GREAT DAY'

From 1880–1968 over 4,000 African Americans were lynched at the hands of white mobs. These lynchings were commemorated through souvenir postcards that would ultimately be subverted by Black activists to expose racist violence in the U.S.

Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 4

Christine Turner is a filmmaker whose work has been called “exquisitely tender” and “thoughtful and enlightening” by The Washington Post. Most recently, her short film BETYE SAAR: TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was featured as a New York Times Op-Doc.

Marko Radosavljevic
MTV/Viacom
marko.radosavljevic@viacomcbs.com

Details

Country: USA

Year: 2021

Director: Christine Turner

Producers: Christine Turner, Lily Plotkin

Executive Producers: Stanley Nelson, Marcia Smith, Sheila Nevins

Directors of Photography: Othello Banaci, Vatsala Goel, Brennan Vance

Editor: Mengfan Wu

Music: DBR

Running Time (minutes): 15

Language: English

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