Virtual Screening: The Long Shadow
Thursday, February 25
All day
2017 | Not Rated | 91 min. | Click on Event Title for full details.
In this documentary, director Frances Causey traces her family's legacy of white privilege, placing it in the context of the history of anti-Black racism in the United States that began with slavery and continues to impact our society today.
Visit http://thelongshadowfilm.com/libraries/ to stream the film anytime between Friday, February 19 and Friday, February 26 or watch anytime on Kanopy with a Northbrook card at https://northbrook.kanopy.com/video/long-shadow.
A live Q&A will be held with director Frances Causey on Wednesday, February 24th at 7pm. Find out more and register at http://thelongshadowfilm.com/libraries/
This film is not live and does not require registration.
Co-sponsored by multiple Illinois libraries listed below. In partnership with Racial Awareness in the North Shore (RAIN) and the Together is Better Alliance (TiBA).
- Algonquin Area Public Library District
- Arlington Heights Memorial Library
- Aurora Public Library
- Chillicothe Public Library District
- Deerfield Public Library
- DeKalb Public Library
- Des Plaines Public Library
- Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District
- Flossmoor Public Library
- Glencoe Public Library
- Glenview Public Library
- Harvey Public Library District
- Highland Park Public Library
- Indian Prairie Public Library
- Lake Forest Library
- Lake Villa District Library
- Lincolnwood Public Library
- Morton Grove Public Library
- Mount Prospect Public Library
- Northbrook Public Library
- Prospect Heights Public Library District
- Schaumburg Township District Library
- Skokie Public Library
- Three Rivers Public Library District
- Vernon Area Public Library District
- Warren-Newport Public Library
- Wauconda Area Library
- Wheaton Public Library
- Wilmette Public Library
- Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District