Through the African American Lens: The Riot Report
Presented by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, a screening and panel discussion of the film, The Riot Report.
May 10
7:00 p.m.
Oprah Winfrey Theater
Join us for a film preview and discussion of PBS’ American Experience Films:The Riot Report, which explores a pivotal moment in the nation’s history. When Black neighborhoods across America erupted in violence in the summer of 1967, President Johnson appointed the Kerner Commission to answer three questions: What happened? Why did it happen? And what could be done to prevent it from happening again? The Commission’s final report would offer a shockingly unvarnished assessment of American race relations that would doom its finding to political oblivion. The Riot Report premieres on PBS stations nationwide on Tuesday, May 21 at 9 p.m. ET.
A panel discussion will follow the film preview featuring Michelle Ferrari, writer, director, and producer of The Riot Report; Jelani Cobb, writer and co-producer of The Riot Report; and Elizabeth Hinton, Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at Yale University and author of From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America. Cameo George, executive producer of American Experience, will moderate the conversation.
The program will take place in NMAAHC’s Oprah Winfrey Theater.
Please use this link to register.
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Posted: 7 May 2024
