The Long Shadow
2017|87 min|Documentary
THE STORY
When filmmaker and investigative journalist Frances Causey, a daughter of the South, set out to explore the continuing racial divisions in the US, what she discovered was that the politics of slavery didn't end with the Civil War. In an astonishingly candid look at the United States' original sin, The Long Shadow traces slavery's history from America's founding up through its insidious ties to racism today.
THE STORY
When filmmaker and investigative journalist Frances Causey, a daughter of the South, set out to explore the continuing racial divisions in the US, what she discovered was that the politics of slavery didn't end with the Civil War. In an astonishingly candid look at the United States' original sin, The Long Shadow traces slavery's history from America's founding up through its insidious ties to racism today.
CAST & CREW
Cast
John Adams
Karen Alexander
Jody Allen
Amiri Baraka
Frances Causey
Thomas Averill Duckenfield
Martin Luther King
Director
Frances Causey
Maureen Gosling
INFORMATION
Production company
Jed Riffe Films
Genre
Documentary
Released
2017
Age rating
PG-13
LANGUAGES
Audio
English
Subtitles
English