Lillie and Leander: A Legacy Of Violence

Directed by Jeffrey Morgan

(84 min) USA

A s a young woman Alice Brewton Hurwitz learned from her grandmother of Aunt Lillie's murder by an African-American man by the name of Leander. Leander was hung, but the story does not end there. Nearly 100 years later, Alice returns to the South where she takes a journey into her past that is both painful and elucidating.  Through interview and reenactment, Lillie and Leander explores racial violence in North Florida--and her family's stunning connection to it. It is a journey that is searing for its honesty and courage and one that looks for the truth of the past.
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