Brothers of the black list

Presented by Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme 
(The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate)

"A timely portrait of the racial problems that continue to plague America."
​- Indiewire
 
"A troubling examination of past wounds."
- The Village Voice

Genre: Documentary, African American, Civil Rights, Education

Synopsis:
September 4, 1992: An elderly woman in a small town in upstate New York reports an
attempted rape by a young black man who cut his hand during the altercation. While
looking for suspects, police contact officials at SUNY Oneonta, a nearby college, and a
school administrator reacts by handing over a list of names and residences of 125 black
male students. For the next several days, those students are tracked down and interrogated
by various police departments under a presumption of guilty until proven innocent. In Brothers of the Black List, director Sean Gallagher tracks this story of racism that became the longest litigated civil rights case in American history. The now grown students and their school counselor, Edward “Bo” Whaley, recount the disturbing events that the college and police department tried sweeping under the rug for many years thereafter. An emotional
story of social justice, this unsettling documentary is also a cautionary tale of equal rights gone wrong that is relevant today more than ever. 

Film Information:
Genre: Documentary
Director:  Sean Gallagher
Pre-book: 2-3-2015
Street: 3-3-2015
DVD Cat#: PRDVD2727   
SRP: $24.95
UPC:  013964695380
Runtime: 74 minutes 
Language: English 

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