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In Charleston Harbor, where the initiating shots of the Civil War were fired — Fort Sumter is distantly visible — I’m on the site of a

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Killing in Thy Name, which breaks down what film labels as “the fiction known as whiteness.” In collaboration with international artists collective The Ummah Chroma (which means Community of Colour) the doc depicts a teacher in an open field with a small group of children, communicating a truncated history of oppression in the United States. Using a chalkboard and his words, the teacher goes through centuries of slavery and manifest destiny, along with how those ideals contributed to the creation of our country. “Where do you think white people come from?” the teacher asks. After the...

Killing in Thy Name. The 15-minute film, which was directed by the artists’ collective The Ummah Chroma, in about the dangers of white supremacy. “Our aim is for this piece to be a fire escape from the fiction known as whiteness and a spring for discovery,”  reads a statement at the beginning of the doc. “Remember, the children are always watching.” Rage’s classic track “Killing in the Name” plays throughout the film, which ends with footage of a live performance of the song, along with quotes from band members about why it’s important for them to speak out through th...