On the heels of a successful first screening, Greensboro’s Child will be shown once again at The Scene on South Elm, at 9pm, Friday June 16th and 7pm & 9pm, Saturday June 17th.
Andy will be participating in a Q&A session following each show. Come on down and support a local, independent filmmaker.
Andy Coon The Scene on South ElmThe first paragraph of the Executive Summary:
The Commission finds that on the morning of Nov. 3, 1979, members of the Klan/Nazi caravan headed for Greensboro with malicious intent. At a minimum, they planned to disrupt the parade and assault the demonstrators (by throwing eggs), violating the marchers constitutional rights to free speech and assembly. Further, we believe there is sufficient evidence to conclude that they intended to provoke a violent confrontation and that this was broadly understood among those present in the multiple planning discussions. Those who left their cars to engage in violence did so willingly. More importantly, Klan and Nazi members have admitted since the event that they intentionally came prepared to use deadly force in order to be victorious in any violence that occurred.
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Much more to come, as the final report is to be released next week tomorrow morning.
I’m posting this from the screening of Greensboro’s Child. The Q&A after the 7pm screening was very intense. Not in a bad way either. Each person in the audience had a unique perspective and questions that furthered the conversation.
Come on down tomorrow night, 7pm, The Scene on South Elm, and check it out for yourself.
Q&A video to come soon…
UPDATE: Here’s some video from the Q&A following the 5/25 screening:
Andy Coon, community, documentary, Greensboro, Greensboro Massacre, The Scene on South Elm video
Four years after the final edit, Greensboro’s Child is finally screening in town.
On Thursday, May 25th, following the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission ceremony and release of their report, The Scene on South Elm (604 South Elm Street) will screen Andy Coon’s award winning documentary at 7pm and 9pm.
An additional screening will take place at 7pm on Friday, 5/26. Copies of the GTRC final report will be available, for free, at all screenings.
Hope to see you there!
UPDATE: If the report isn’t ready on the 25th, executive summaries will be passed out instead.
Andy Coon, Greensboro, Greensboro Massacre, GTRC The Scene on South Elm