Documentary & Discussion: Two Towns of Jasper In-Person
Join the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee on Sunday, December 1 at 1 pm for a screening of Two Towns of Jasper, a documentary about a Texas town that was forever altered by the lynching of a black man in 1998.
There will be two showings of this film. Register for the Wednesday, December 4 at 6:30 pm screening HERE.
Free and open to adults & teens. Registration is recommended but not required.
2016 - 1 hr 30 mins - Color - Not Rated
About the Documentary:
In 1998 in Jasper, Texas, James Byrd, Jr., a black man, was chained to a pick-up truck and dragged to his death by three white men. The town was forever altered, and the nation woke up to the horror of a modern-day lynching. In Two Towns Of Jasper, two film crews, one black and one white, set out to document the aftermath of the murder by following the subsequent trials of the local men charged with the crime. The result is an explicit and troubling portrait of race in America, one that asks how and why a crime like this could have occurred.
