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Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

Interweaving lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and shocking revelations, lawyer Jeffery Robinson draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States, from slavery to the modern myth of a post-racial America.
(PG-13, 117 min.)

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Monday, February 28, 2022

4:30 PM

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

4:30 PM

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

4:30 PM

Thursday, March 3, 2022

5:00 PM

Friday, March 4, 2022

5:30 PM

Saturday, March 5, 2022

1:30 PM 7:00 PM

Sunday, March 6, 2022

1:30 PM

Monday, March 7, 2022

4:30 PM

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

5:30 PM

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

4:00 PM

Thursday, March 10, 2022

4:00 PM

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Interweaving lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and shocking revelations, in WHO WE ARE — A Chronicle of Racism in America, criminal defense/civil rights lawyer Jeffery Robinson draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States, from slavery to the modern myth of a post-racial America. [SPS]

Starring: Jeffery Robinson, Josephine Bolling, McCallGwen Carr, Tiffany Crutcher
Director(s): Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler
Genre: Documentary

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"'Who We Are' comes at a time of racial reckoning in America and its message deserves to be heard loud and clear."

— Adam Graham, Detroit News

"Robinson is matter-of-fact, thoughtful and enormously compelling in illustrating hidden chapters of our shared history."

— Matt Fagerholm, RogerEbert.com

"No matter how much you think you already know, you're bound to learn new things from "Who We Are," directed by Emily and Sarah Kunstler. And to be stunned, at some point"

— Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press

"The simplest thing to say about SXSW Documentary Spotlight Audience Award winner Who We Are is that it should be part of the standard curriculum in every school in America."

— Michael King, Austin Chronicle

"Through Robinson's fervor for truth, Emily and Sarah Kunstler's "Who We Are" chronicles how such heartaches, when observed on a personal level, remind us how knowing the unchangeable past can still improve the alterable future for the better."

— Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times

"Robinson is a precise, empathetic and informed speaker and a righteous man who, in sisters Emily and Sarah Kunstler's documentary, is every teacher you might have ever wished for as a student, but who deserves a larger stage."

— Fionnuala Halligan, Screen International

"Arriving at a time when conversations once reserved for academics have filtered into popular culture, 'Who We Are' never plays like the product of some Hollywood bandwagon effort. Instead, its existence speaks to the power of cinema to reflect the times by sparking conversations and changing minds."

— Ronda Rach, TheWrap

"Robinson’s quasi-TED Talk is both broad-ranging and deep, covering a history that is political, legal, cultural, economic, psychological, emotional, moral and, in the end, also profoundly personal. The combined impact of these scenes, augmented with Robinson’s lecture — which, while deeply informed and informative, is anything but dull or academic — makes for a powerful one-two punch."

— Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post