Independent Lens

Season 23, Episode 6

Episode Title: A Reckoning in Boston

Air Date: 2022-01-17

Overview:

What happens when you discover that your assumptions are flawed? A white filmmaker starts his academic inquiry by documenting low-income, adult students of color at the Clemente Course in Boston. After time, he comes to terms with his own complicity in racism. Alongside students, a unique filmmaking collaboration forms to explore the area's history of racism and gentrification.