Silence in Sikeston
SILENCE IN SIKESTON tells the story of how the 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright — and the failure of the first federal attempt to prosecute a lynching — continues to haunt a rural Missouri community divided by race, with the past reverberating in a 2020 police killing of a young Black father. Along the way, the film explores important questions about history, trauma, silence and resilience.
Director
Jill Rosenbaum
Correspondent
Tina M. McDuffie
Genres
History
Duration
1x60
Production Company
Retro Report, KFF Health News
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