Who We Are

Showings

Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre Fri, Jun 24, 2022 6:30 PM
Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre Sun, Jun 26, 2022 6:30 PM
Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre Mon, Jun 27, 2022 6:30 PM
Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre Tue, Jun 28, 2022 3:30 PM
Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre Thu, Jun 30, 2022 3:30 PM
Film Info
Event Type:Documentary Feature
Release Year:2021
Run Time:118 minutes
Rating:PG-13
Production Country:United States
Original Language:English
Trailer:https://youtu.be/IGsGRSgZbXY
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Emily Kunstler
Sarah Kunstler

Description

Jeffery Robinson had one of the best educations in America. He went to Marquette University and Harvard Law School and has been a trial lawyer for over 40 years — as a public defender, in private practice, at the ACLU, and now at The Who We Are Project.


In 2011, Robinson began raising his then 13-year-old nephew and, as a Black man raising a Black son, struggled with what to tell his son about racism in America. How, he wondered, did we get here? And when he started looking at our Nation’s history, Robinson was shocked by what he had not known.


For the past 10 years, in community centers, concert halls, houses of worship, and conference rooms across America, he has been sharing what he learned. In “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America”, Robinson faces his largest audience, asking all of us to examine who we are, where we come from, and who we want to be.


Anchored by Robinson’s 2018 performance at NYC’s historic Town Hall Theater, the film interweaves historical and present-day archival footage, Robinson’s personal story, and observational and interview footage capturing Robinson’s meetings with Black change-makers and eyewitnesses to history. From a hanging tree in Charleston, South Carolina, to a walking tour of the origins of slavery in colonial New York, to the site of a 1947 lynching in rural Alabama, the film brings history to life, exploring the enduring legacy of white supremacy and our collective responsibility to overcome it.


Weaving heartbreak, humor, passion, and rage, his words lay bare an all-but-forgotten past, as well as our shared responsibility to create a better country in our lifetimes.


“A rare 10/10 and required viewing for everyone.” — Film Threat


“Jeffrey Robinson is precise, empathetic and informed. He is every teacher you might have ever wished for as a student.” — Screen Daily