The Neutral Ground documents New Orleans’ fight over monuments and America’s troubled romance with the Lost Cause. In 2015, director CJ Hunt was filming the New Orleans City Council’s vote to remove four confederate monuments. But when that removal was halted by death threats, CJ set out to understand why a losing army from 1865 still held so much power in America. We invite you to a virtual film screening and conversation with The Neutral Ground filmmaker CJ Hunt, Connecticut-based artist-educator Allison Minto MFA ‘20, filmmaker-educator Thomas Allen Harris, and Professor David Blight.
We invite you to “Memorializing History: A conversation About Monuments, Truth, and Justice,” a virtual film screening and conversation with filmmaker CJ Hunt, Connecticut-based artist and educator Allison Minto MFA ’20, Senior Lecturer in African American Studies and Film & Media Studies Thomas Allen Harris, and Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies David Blight.
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In conversation
CJ Hunt
Comedy writer and director
Allison Minto MFA ’20
Connecticut-based artist and educator
Thomas Allen Harris
Senior Lecturer in African American Studies and Film & Media Studies
David Blight
Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies
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The Neutral Ground: Director’s Statement
“I try to remember that taking irrefutable snapshots of white supremacy doesn’t actually mean anything if my work does not also render Black humanity and resistance visible.”
The Neutral Ground: Character Descriptions’
Get to know the people in the film.
The Neutral Ground: Filmmaker Bio & Credits
Read the filmmakers’ bios, production companies, and full credit roll.
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