Lynching Postcards: 'Token of A Great Day'

2021
15 min

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Lynching Postcards: 'Token of A Great Day' (2021)

Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaDuring 1880-1968 over 4,000 African Americans were lynched at the hands of white mobs. These lynchings were commemorated through souvenir postcards that would ultimately be subverted by Blac... Ler tudoDuring 1880-1968 over 4,000 African Americans were lynched at the hands of white mobs. These lynchings were commemorated through souvenir postcards that would ultimately be subverted by Black activists to expose racist violence in the U.S.During 1880-1968 over 4,000 African Americans were lynched at the hands of white mobs. These lynchings were commemorated through souvenir postcards that would ultimately be subverted by Black activists to expose racist violence in the U.S.

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- Christine Turner
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10mpmkent

Disturbing, but necessary

I disagree with 2 of the other reviews. The photographs/postcards speak for themselves. I have seen some of them before. This film gives some context to the postcards, as well as shining a light on a part of our history that many would prefer to leave in the dark.

9RosanaBotafogo

Until thinking and questioning why God?

Until thinking and questioning why God? Taking a vacation to watch several heavy documentaries, mainly about racism, a topic so sad, so heavy, so painful, unforgivable, disgusting, outrageous, with no more meanings to describe these abominable atrocities, which should be overcome, unfortunately so real and so current, here I thought it was a documentary about normal postcards, but what was my surprise to discover that in the 19th century, not even that long ago, postcards lynching black people, this is so absurd and incomprehensible that it doesn't matter. Until thinking and questioning why God?

9legrand-walter5

History is sometimes ugly but it shouldn't be erased

This short documentary was sad but mad me angry. Things like this needs to be seen and talked about. It should not be erased because this was part of our history. I believe that we live in a time that if people don't like something they try to get rid of it. They use the law and the Supreme Court to erase it. They have tried it with slavery and they have succeeded with abortion. Using the law for things that are personal issues. This documentary was hard to take at times but the truth is a hard pill to swallow at times. I come to live with the fact that I may never know my whole history so I cherish stuff like this.

oldvicar

Talking heads style

This is a rotation of 3 appointed taking heads and images, not all of which are postcards. The mixture of represented fact and opinion about the images as a style has become a norm in 'documentary' making but I find it unsatisfactory; it will however prompt me to look for objective sources of fact as to the background for some of the images and compare that to the generic and specific claims made by the talking heads. Horrific subject matter and thought provoking.

10susanedietsch

Lays bare an ugly reality

Brief but powerful. The postcards, as well as the Gildersleeve photos and other images, make clear that white people of the time felt justified, if not jubilant, in the lynching of black people.