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Two Towns of Jasper
January 15, 2003
Robin Chandler professor, African American studies, Northeastern
Jack Levin director, Brudnick Center
Zina Jacque reverand, Trinity Church, Ten Point Coalition
Samuel Williams Institute on Race and Justice, Northeastern

A panel discusses Two Towns of Jasper, a documentary film that explores race relations in the town where James Byrd, Jr., an African American resident, was brutally dragged to death in 1998. Two Towns of Jasper is a collaborative effort between a black and a white filmmaker, using segregated crews, to document the town of Jasper during the trials of the three men charged with the murder. "The documentary is not so much about the murder of James Byrd Jr., as is it about two perspectives on the murder," according to co-producer Dow. "Listening to the black and white communities of Jasper talk about the crime turned out to be a pretty startling revelation about the depth of the division that exists between black and white Americans."

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