Southern Rites.
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[San Francisco, California, USA] : Women Make Movies, 2015., Kanopy Streaming, 2023.
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Originally produced by Women Make Movies in 2015.
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Broadcast nationally on HBO, SOUTHERN RITES is a powerful portrayal of how perceptions and politics have divided two towns in southeast Georgia along racial lines for years. In 2009, The New York Times Magazine published filmmaker and acclaimed photographer Gillian Laub’s controversial images of Montgomery County High School’s racially segregated proms. A media furor ensued and under extreme pressure, the Georgian town was forced to finally integrate the proms in 2010. Laub returned camera in hand to document the changes, only to stumble upon a series of events far more indicative of race relations in the Deep South: old wounds are reopened following the murder of an unarmed young black man by an elderly white town patriarch. Against the backdrop of an historic campaign to elect its first African-American sheriff, the case divides locals along well-worn racial lines and threatens to drag the town back to darker days. SOUTHERN RITES documents one town's painful struggle to progress while confronting longstanding issues of race, equality and justice. Through her hauntingly intimate portrait, Laub reveals the horror and humanity of these complex, intertwined narratives, a chronicle of their courage in the face of injustice. Laub’s film captures a world caught between eras and values with extraordinary candor and immediacy— and ultimately asks whether a new generation can make a different future for itself from a difficult past.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Laub, G. (2015). Southern Rites . Women Make Movies.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Laub, Gillian. 2015. Southern Rites. Women Make Movies.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Laub, Gillian. Southern Rites Women Make Movies, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Laub, Gillian. Southern Rites Women Make Movies, 2015.
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