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My father's name.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frazier, Jan--Family.
- Frazier, Jan.
- Lynching--United States--History--20th century.
- Lynching.
- White privilege (Social structure)--United States.
- White privilege (Social structure).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (00:20:01)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Good Docs, 2024.
- Language Note:
- Closed-captions in English.
- Summary:
- Years after her beloved father died, Jan Frazier made the shocking discovery that he had participated in a lynching. As she attempts to uncover the truth about what happened, she learns that this lynching was iconic in American history. Photos of it were the first ever to be published nationally, by both Time and Life magazines, in reporting on the anti-lynching bill that was before Congress at that moment. Additionally, she realizes that no names of the lynchers were ever published. Even the photographer was protected by a cloak of agreed-upon anonymity. Shaken by this stark reflection of white privilege and the brutality it sought to minimize, Jan must now reckon with deeply conflicted feelings about the father she loved, find a way to hold her family accountable, and face the dawning awareness of her own unconscious racism.
- Participant:
- Director, Susanna Styron.
- Notes:
- Description based on XML content.
- ISBN:
- 9781036250928
- OCLC:
- 1584443439
- Publisher Number:
- 302642
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