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“Our sold-out screening was electric; I have rarely seen an audience more engaged.”
- Ken Shulman, Board President, The Boston Jewish Film Festival
Reviews
“It is heart-breaking, infuriating, and inspiring. ‘Most of the people who make history are invisible,’ we are told. Thankfully, documentaries like these make them not just visible but unforgettable."
- Rogerebert.com
"innovative storytelling . . . insightful and potent . . . a must-watch"
- Overly Honest Reviews
“filled with fascinating characters and details”
"exemplary case of humanistic, historical storytelling and an inspiring call to action”
- Tallahassee Democrat
"much to appreciate in this nuanced account of a little-known chapter of civil rights history, including a remarkable piece of color footage"
"an exemplar of Black-Jewish allyship and one in the long line of small but impactful actions that made up the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s"
- Washington City Paper
"stirring ... enraging ... Inspiring"
- Baltimore Magazine
"powerful, inspiring, and truly wonderful"
- Beyond Chron
"beautiful yet dark . . . certainly a must-watch"
"Trachtman’s film paints the protesters not as secular saints but as flawed people trying to do the right thing.”
"groundbreaking film reveals the almost unknown civil rights battle to desegregate the amusement park, a full three years before the world-famous march on Washington"
"Trachtman has a long history of bringing to life human experiences that demand telling"
- Michigan Today
“the way that we teach the civil rights movement does not center on the regular people, but the vast majority of the fuel in the movement were people who never went to the bridge at Selma, but acted locally in their own swimming pools…And if we don’t learn about those people, then we miss this incredible opportunity to be inspired by accessible heroes.” - Ilana Trachtman
ENDORSEMENTS
“A landmark achievement. It’s stirring and thrilling to watch it.”
Congressman Jamie Raskin
"engenders a sense of hope and optimism about the possibilities of creating a more just and peaceful world."
Rabbi Sid Schwarz, Former Executive Director - Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington D.C.
"puts meaning to the nation's vision of its democracy."
James L. Stowe, Executive Director - Montgomery County Office of Human Rights
“Expands the dominant civil rights narrative.”
Dr. Debra Schultz, Asst. Professor of History - Kingsborough Community College
"...a pivotal episode in the history of race relations."
Matthew Logan, Executive Director - Montgomery History
“Opens eyes to the hypocrisies of the supposedly egalitarian community that populated the nation’s capital,”
Jane Freundel Levey, Chief Historian and Managing Editor - Washington History: The D.C. History Center
“will touch, surprise, inspire, challenge, and excite audiences."
Donald H. Thoms, Former V.P. Programming - PBS
"will attract and engage a more diverse range of visitors to this notable landmark of the Civil Rights history."
Aaron LaRocca, Chief of Staff - George Washington Memorial Parkway, National Park Service