Look Away, Look Away
When the horrific murder of nine Black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015 sparks a national reckoning over the meaning of the Confederate flag, battle lines are drawn in Mississippi to determine the fate of the last state flag to include the most powerful, and divisive, symbol of our fractured history. In Look Away, Look Away, director Patrick O'Connor introduces us to a diverse range of activists and captures the ferocious five-year battle over the Mississippi state flag, revealing how race, heritage, and long-simmering Civil War grievances shape our sense of who we are as Americans.