Independent Lens
A Reckoning in Boston
By James Rutenbeck, Kafi Dixon and Carl Chandler
Season 23
Episode 6
What happens when you discover that your assumptions are flawed?
A white filmmaker starts his academic inquiry by documenting low-income, adult students of color at the Clemente Course in Boston. Over time, he comes to terms with his own complicity in racism. Alongside the students, a unique filmmaking collaboration forms to explore the area’s history of racism and gentrification.
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