PFF32 SILVER DOLLAR ROAD Q&A

First screening at the opening of the 32nd PHILADELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL is #SilverDollarRoad The latest documentary from Oscar-nominee Raoul Peck (director of PFF25’s Best Documentary Feature and Audience Award winner I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO) is a searing exploration of justice denied and a family’s unwavering determination to protect their legacy.
His brother and producer, Hébert Peck attended the festival for post-screening Q&A Moderated by PFS Education and Programming Coordinator, Yace Sula
T&T #MiniMovieReview: The director said he didn't want to depict the family as victims, and they are a strong, loving family, but there's really no other word for what they've been through and continue to go through at the hands of those in the criminal justice system and white corporate greed. Systemic racism runs rampant in every corner of this story, you can't help but see they have been victimized.
The main issue with black owned land grabbing is that after slavery when these properties where granted, black people didn't have access or the income to hire lawyers to make proper Wills. And I feel even if they did, would the lawyers have made them air tight like they would their white clients?
In present day, the Reels family does manage to pull together over 100K for legal fees, to no avail. They don't explain where that money came from.
Interspersed through out the saga of this heartbreaking story are moments of joy, seen in old videos and pictures of the family coming together in celebrations over the years and when we're taken on tours of this significantly vast section of land in North Carolina running along Silver Dollar Road.
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