Documentary

WHO WE ARE—A CHRONICLE OF RACISM IN AMERICA

2022
1 HR, 57 min
FEB 4 → FEB 17

Details

Released January 14, 2022, United States

Documentary

1 hour, 57 minutes

Sony Pictures Classics

No Subtitles

Starring

Josephine Bolling McCall
Gwen Carr
Tiffany Crutcher
Carolyn Payne
Jeffery Robinson
Tami Sawyer

Director

Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler

Film Information

Interweaving lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and shocking revelations, in WHO WE ARE — A CHRONICLE OF RACISM IN AMERICA, criminal defense/civil rights lawyer Jeffery Robinson draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States, from slavery to the modern myth of a post-racial America.

Full Cast

Josephine Bolling McCall

Gwen Carr

Tiffany Crutcher

Carolyn Payne

Jeffery Robinson

Tami Sawyer

Additional Credits

Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler Director

Reviews

“The simplest thing to say about SXSW Documentary Spotlight Audience Award winner Who We Are is that it should be part of the standard curriculum in every school in America.”

Michael King

Austin Chronicle

“Robinson is a precise, empathetic, and informed speaker and a righteous man who, in sisters Emily and Sarah Kunstler’s documentary, is every teacher you might have ever wished for as a student, but who deserves a larger stage.”

Fionnuala Halligan

Screen International

“Through Robinson’s fervor for truth, Emily and Sarah Kunstler’s “ Who We Are ” chronicles how such heartaches, when observed on a personal level, remind us how knowing the unchangeable past can still improve the alterable future for the better.”

Robert Daniels

Los Angeles Times