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Director(s): Ilana Trachtman
United States of America
Year: 2024
Runtime: 89'
Following the film, we will welcome a panel featuring voices connected to the Civil Rights era and a conversation about the enduring importance of Black-Jewish partnership, as well as the opportunities to build and strengthen that alliance today.
When five Howard University students sat on a segregated Maryland carousel in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the largely Jewish community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students in picketing, the first organized interracial civil rights protest in US history was born.
Why we like this film: Join us for a special screening of "Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round," an inspiring documentary that tells the story of Black students and Jewish neighbors who came together to challenge segregation 1960.