SEBDOCS 2023 ALUMNI NEWS

AUDIENCE WINNER - FILM NEWS - SOCIAL JUSTICE

Mimi Chakarova's new feature, The Apology, examines racist 60s Era Bay Area relocation policy & reparations. The doc has spurred the Alameda Board of Supervisors to pass an official apology, which recognizes their role in the racist destruction of this community.

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New Doc on Racist Forced Relocation In Bay Area Helps Spur Action & Official Apology

bysebastopolfilm
6 months ago

The Apology (Mimi Chakarova), an upcoming doc about the forced relocation of Russell City, a majority Black and Brown community in the 1960s Bay Area,...

Alumni Films + Filmmakers
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Alumni Filmmaker Screens New Doc on 60s Era Racism & Forced Relocation in Bay Area

bysebastopolfilm
6 months ago

As California’s reparations task force approved a potentially groundbreaking list of recommendations earlier this month, The Apology (Mimi Chakarova), a new doc about the forced relocation of...