Film · Documentary
How the Monuments Came Down (2021)
★ 10.0 · 1 votes1 h 26 minDocumentary2021
Discover how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century-and how generations of Black resistance finally took them down.
How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond. The feature-length film-brought to life by history-makers, descendants, scholars, and activists-reveals how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century, and why they fell.
- Director
- Lance Warren, Hannah Brown Ayers
- Writers
- Enjoli Moon, Julian Hayter, Christy Coleman
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- June 10, 2021
Cast
- Melody BarnesSelf - Fmr. White House Domestic Policy Advisor
- Christy ColemanSelf - Former Director of the American Civil War Museum
- Michael Paul WilliamsSelf - Newspaper Columist
- Julian HayterSelf - Voting Rights Expert
- Caroline JanneyHistorian
- Marvin ChilesHistorian
- Joseph RogersPublic Historian and Descendant of James Apostle Fields
Ralph NorthamSelf
