When the horrible murder of nine Black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015 causes a national reckoning about what the Confederate flag means, battle lines are drawn in Mississippi to decide what will happen to the last state flag to include the most powerful and divisive symbol of our broken history. In Look Away, Look Away, director Patrick O'Connor introduces us to a number of activists and shows us the five-year fight over the Mississippi state flag. This shows how race, heritage, and long-simmering anger over the Civil War shape our sense of who we are as Americans.
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When the horrible murder of nine Black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015 causes a national reckoning about what the Confederate flag means, battle lines are drawn in Mississippi to decide what will happen to the last state flag to include the most powerful and divisive symbol of our broken history. In Look Away, Look Away, director Patrick O'Connor introduces us to a number of activists and shows us the five-year fight over the Mississippi state flag. This shows how race, heritage, and long-simmering anger over the Civil War shape our sense of who we are as Americans.
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