Please join film producers and directors Bestor Cram and Judy Richardson for a
Q&A and screening of their film "Scarred Justice"
May 12 at 6 p.m.
in the Thompson Room, Barker Center at Harvard University
This event is free and open to the public.
FILM SYNOPSIS
On February 8, 1968, eight seconds of police gunfire left three young men dying and at least 27 wounded on the campus of South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, S.C.. All of the police were white, all of the students African-American. Almost all of the victims were shot from behind as they fled the gunfire that erupted without warning. The U.S. Justice Department charged the police with abuse of power.
The Massacre happened after four days of student protests to desegregate the city's only bowling alley. It was the first time ever police opened fire on students on a U.S. campus. Two years later Kent State would shock the nation.
This powerful yet disturbing documentary film explores the eye-witness accounts of student protesters and police officer participants. Interviews with former Governor Robert McNair, the prize-winning journalists who covered the story, and many others, provide a compelling account of the price paid in America's struggle for racial justice. It raises questions about an event that has yet to be resolved.
For additional information about this film and the filmmakers please visit the Northern Light Productions's website at: www.nlprod.com
617.495.8508 or visit our online events calendar:
www.dubois.fas.harvard.edu/
The Barker Center is bordered by Prescott, Harvard, and Quincy Streets. Enter the courtyard from Quincy Street, opposite the Lamont Gate. The Barker Center is the large brick building facing the Faculty Club.
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