Screening: "Ferguson: A Report from Occupied Territory"

Featuring commentary from Brendan Roediger, Ashley Yates, Rev. Osagyefo Sekou, Thomas Harvey, and Derek Laney, this insightful documentary contextualizes Mike Brown's murder by tracing the connection between St. Louis County¿s racially targeted law enforcement and court system and its roots in racist housing policies and practices, segregation, and slavery. The film also looks at how anti-Black racism in Ferguson and the surrounding municipalities has become fertile ground for a new wave of activism that has spread nationwide. The screening of "Ferguson: A Report from Occupied Territory" will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers¿director/producer Orlando de Guzman and co-producer Katina Parker¿and moderated by Mark Anthony Neal, professor of Black Popular Culture in Duke's Department of African and African-American Studies.