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The in-theater screening of this film will be followed by a live Q&A with writer/director/producer Raoul Peck on October 11 at The Culver Theater. The live Q&A will be recorded and uploaded on this page and IDA's YouTube page a few days after the in-person event.

From Academy-Award Nominee Raoul Peck, Silver Dollar Road follows the story of the Reels family as told by the matriarch Mamie Reels Ellison and her niece Kim Renee Duhon, two fierce and clear-eyed women bending to safeguard valiantly their ancestors' land and their brothers and uncles Melvin and Licurtis, who were wrongfully imprisoned for eight years - the longest sentence for civil contempt in North Carolina history. This documentary, based on the 2019 ProPublica article, highlights the covert ways the legal system has been exploited to keep Black land ownership fragile and the racial wealth gap growing.

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    101 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Raoul Peck
  • Producer
    Rémi Grellety; Blair Foster; Hébert Peck; Raoul Peck
  • Executive Producer
    LIZZIE PRESSER; ALMUDENA TORAL; ROBIN SPARKMAN; STEPHEN ENGELBERG AND FOR JUVEE PRODUCTIONS: VIOLA DAVIS; JULIUS TENNON; ROB WILLIAMS
  • Cinematographer
    Henry Adebonojo; Antonio Rossi
  • Editor
    Alexandra Strauss