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SUMMARY:Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival | AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND
DESCRIPTION:Emmy Award-winning director Ilana Trachtman's invigorating\, nuanced documentary recalls a small yet crucial chapter in the Civil Rights Movement. In 1960\, five students from Howard University perched defiantly on a merry-go-round in Maryland's Glen Echo Amusement Park\, which had been segregated since the turn of the 20th century\, and refused to leave. As their sit-in gained national attention\, the Black students were joined in their resistance by members of Bannockburn\, a mostly Jewish housing community across the street. Borrowing its title from a Langston Hughes poem\, AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND features a voice-over cast that includes Mandy Patinkin\, Jeffrey Wright\, and Dominique Thorne\, among others. Inspired by her own family history\, Trachtman -- whose father was a Jewish labor organizer -- has created an uplifting work of historical excavation that reminds viewers of the importance of collaboration and humility in the face of injustice.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Emmy Award-winning director Ilana Trachtman&rsquo\;s invigorating\, nuanced documentary recalls a small yet crucial chapter in the Civil Rights Movement. In 1960\, five students from Howard University perched defiantly on a merry-go-round in Maryland&rsquo\;s Glen Echo Amusement Park\, which had been segregated since the turn of the 20th century\, and refused to leave. As their sit-in gained national attention\, the Black students were joined in their resistance by members of Bannockburn\, a mostly Jewish housing community across the street. Borrowing its title from a Langston Hughes poem\, AIN&#39\;T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND features a voice-over cast that includes Mandy Patinkin\, Jeffrey Wright\, and Dominique Thorne\, among others. Inspired by her own family history\, Trachtman -- whose father was a Jewish labor organizer -- has created an uplifting work of historical excavation that reminds viewers of the importance of collaboration and humility in the face of injustice.
LOCATION:Basketball Hall of Fame 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue Springfield\, MA 01105 USA
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URL:https://chamber.franklincc.org/events/details/pioneer-valley-jewish-film-festival-ain-t-no-back-to-a-merry-go-round-24465
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