How the Monuments Came Down

06/10/2021

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1hr 26min

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Documentary

Discover how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century-and how generations of Black resistance finally took them down.

STORY

How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond. The feature-length film-brought to life by history-makers, descendants, scholars, and activists-reveals how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century, and why they fell.

CAST & CREW

Cast

Melody Barnes
Christy Coleman
Michael Paul Williams
Julian Hayter
Caroline Janney

Directors

Lance Warren
Hannah Brown Ayers

INFORMATION

Production Companies

Field Studio

Production Countries

United States of America

LANGUAGES

English

Cast

Melody Barnes

Self - Fmr. White House Domestic Policy Advisor

Christy Coleman

Self - Former Director of the American Civil War Museum

Michael Paul Williams

Self - Newspaper Columist

Julian Hayter

Self - Voting Rights Expert

Caroline Janney

Historian

Marvin Chiles

Historian

Joseph Rogers

Public Historian and Descendant of James Apostle Fields

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