After the 2015 massacre of nine African-American churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, a national reckoning occurs regarding the meaning of the Confederate flag, and battle lines are drawn in Mississippi to decide the fate of the last state flag to include the most powerful, and divisive, symbol of our fractured history. Director Patrick O'Connor's documentary Look Away, Look Away introduces us to a diverse group of activists and vividly recreates the five-year battle over the Mississippi state flag, illuminating the ways in which race, heritage, and resentment of the Civil War shape our understanding of who we are as Americans.
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After the 2015 massacre of nine African-American churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, a national reckoning occurs regarding the meaning of the Confederate flag, and battle lines are drawn in Mississippi to decide the fate of the last state flag to include the most powerful, and divisive, symbol of our fractured history. Director Patrick O'Connor's documentary Look Away, Look Away introduces us to a diverse group of activists and vividly recreates the five-year battle over the Mississippi state flag, illuminating the ways in which race, heritage, and resentment of the Civil War shape our understanding of who we are as Americans.
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