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Resurrecting Love: The Cemetery That Can Heal A Nation
The Literature, Film, Dance, and Music Contingent of the Social Justice Council is proud to host the first public screening of Resurrecting Love: The Cemetery That Can Heal A Nation, on January 14, 2024 at 1 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley. Attendance is free, but we request people RSVP. Address: 1 Lawson Rd, Kensington, CA 94707.
This is an independent narrative documentary film about race, reparations, and reconciliation told through the lens of a small East Texas mixed community near the Louisiana border. It follows the real-life drama of a small East Texas community of people who found themselves locked out of their nearly 200-year old ancestral burial ground named Love.
The film grew out of China Galland's book, Love Cemetery, Unburying the Secret History of Slaves (HarperOne). The book ignited a controversy over people being able to get into cemeteries throughout Texas and set off an investigation by the State Attorney General's Office.
As a consequence, new legislation was passed making it potentially a criminal offense to deny people reasonable access to cemeteries in Texas. Nonetheless, this widespread problem continues in Texas and across the U.S. today. The controversy addressed in this film is now a national issue.
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