City Of Takoma Police Department: "Whitewashing U.S. History" Film Screening Online Premiere This Thursday

Press release from the City of Takoma Police Department :

Monday, February 7, 2022

Vintage Movie Night: Whitewashing U.S History

YouTube premiere at 8 pm on Thursday, Feb. 10

Watch the trailer here.

In this Takoma Park Arts event celebrating Black History Month, archival film enthusiast and local filmmaker Richard Hall will share his curated collection of mid-20th century classroom film clips from an era when the experiences of Black people and Native Americans were almost never seen or heard.

As state legislatures pass new education laws that are reactions against a true accounting of America’s racist past, take a cinematic journey back to the “not-so-good-old days” when filmmakers and educators erased the history of minority groups and only celebrated white founders and pioneers. The screening includes interviews with experts on Black history.

Please join us for the YouTube premiere where Richard Hall will provide live comments and answer viewers’ questions.

This event is part of the Takoma Park Arts cultural series organized by the City of Takoma Park’s Arts and Humanities Division. For more info about all of our events, sign up for our e-newsletter at https://takomaparkmd.gov/…/arts…/arts-newsletter-sign-up.

This press release was produced by the City of Takoma Police Department. The views expressed here are the author’s own.