An Outrage: Documentary Film About Lynching in the American South

Time: Sept. 12, 2017, 5 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.

Location: 220 Eggers Hall

Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren (Filmmakers)

All are invited to this free public screening. Filmed on-location at lynching sites in six states and bolstered by the memories and perspectives of descendants, activists, and scholars, this unusual historical documentary educates even as it serves as a hub for action to remember a long-hidden past.

An Outrage was co-directed, -produced, and -edited by Syracuse University alum Lance Warren (A&S, Maxwell ’04). Following its premiere at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in March 2017, the film is on a 20-state tour and in distribution to 500,000 teachers at K-12 schools across the country through the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Co-supporters:
Department of History
Department of Poitical Science
The Humanities Center

Norman Kutcher and Brian Taylor, History, Political Science