Film

How the Monuments Came Down

Discover how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century-and how generations of Black resistance finally took them down.

10.0

1h 26m

2021

“Discover how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century-and how generations of Black resistance finally took them down.”

Synopsis

How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond. The feature-length film-brought to life by history-makers, descendants, scholars, and activists-reveals how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century, and why they fell.

Director

Lance Warren

Hannah Brown Ayers

Trailer

Documentary

civil warpolitical activismmonumentsocial documentarycommunity actionconfederacystatuewhite supremacyblack lives mattersocial & cultural documentaryrichmond, virginia

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Cast & Crew

Melody Barnes

as Self - Fmr. White House Domestic Policy Advisor

Christy Coleman

as Self - Former Director of the American Civil War Museum

Michael Paul Williams

as Self - Newspaper Columist

Julian Hayter

as Self - Voting Rights Expert

Caroline Janney

as Historian

Marvin Chiles

as Historian

Joseph Rogers

as Public Historian and Descendant of James Apostle Fields

Ralph Northam

as Self

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