After a summer spent putting the final touches on our film, Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness, we gathered together our supporters and friends of Not In Our Town and its mission for an advance screening on Sept. 7.
Before and after the film, several people reflected on the power of Not In Our Town films to change attitudes. Jon Logan, of the Reva and David Logan Foundation explained why he decided to support our mission.
"It was a great opportunity for myself and my family to put our money were are hearts are, really document what was going on in my community, but also to really show how communities dealt with these things," Logan said. "These were just everyday people who knew they wanted to do the right thing and their communities needed their help."
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September 12, 2011 - 12:04pm
Alex Nogales, CEO and President of National Hispanic Media Coalition talks about our film in this video. "It's a very important documentary that everyone should see," he says, adding that it's crucial that "Latinos and all Americans stand together to take action against hate speech."
He encourages you to screen the film in your local communities and take action on their website, nhmc.org.
August 23, 2011 - 9:10pm
The September 21 PBS broadcast premiere of Light in the Darkness is fast approaching, and the Not In Our Town team is working hard to get the film and supporting resources into the hands of people around the country who will use it as a tool to prevent and respond to hate.
August 17, 2011 - 12:48pm
It is said that there is power in numbers, but when an increasing number of injustices were committed in Hayden Lake, Idaho, it was a small group of concerned citizens that stunted the growth of an American Nazi movement.
Three decades later, the story of the campaign for human rights that brought down the Aryan Nations--a once powerful organizing force that incorporated a white supremacist ideology with a frightening mix of anti-Semitism, racism, and Christianity--is now told in a one-hour documentary, The Color of Conscience. (To watch the full-length documentary, click here.)
August 11, 2011 - 10:40am
The apparent racially-motivated killing of a black man in Jackson, Mississippi on June 26 has gained national attention after CNN recently released surveillance video of white teens beating and then running over the man with their pick-up truck. While the footage is shocking, it didn’t surprise all who watched it. Pastor Brian Richardson of Castlewoods Baptist Church in Brandon, Mississippi said that beginning in 2008 his son was bullied by Deryl Dedmon, the same teenager reported to have run over and killed James Craig Anderson, a 49-year old auto worker. Richardson said that after his son was tormented, he alerted the school district and police to his concern that Dedmon could end up taking a life.