A Juneteenth Journey Through America’s Original Sin

What the Films Lie About.

Juneteenth Federal Holiday Sign with US and Pan African Split Flag on Crumpled Paper Background. Photo by Vitalii Abakumov for Unsplash.

I recently built an ambitious four-semester syllabus that examines how film portrays American history, pairing the films against American history surveys by Jill Lepore, Michael Harriot, Bhu Srinivasan, Elie Mystal, Kur…