They Won't Call it Murder, Fri. Oct 22, 7:00 PM
On Friday, Oct. 22 at 7 PM, as part of the fifth Wexner Center for the Arts annual Unorthodocs festival of creative nonfiction films, they will present at Mershon Auditorium the local premiere of They Won't Call it Murder, a short film that Ingrid Raphaël (International Studies Alum) codirected with New Republic journalist Melissa Gira Grant. The film examines the record of homicides by the Columbus Police. It will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers and community activists, moderated by Dr. Treva Lindsey from the Dept. of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Here are more details about the event, which is free to attend: https://wexarts.org/film-video/they-wont-call-it-murder
They Won’t Call It Murder spotlights the testimonies and resistance strategies of the mothers, sisters, and grandmothers of four Columbus residents killed by CPD officers: Henry Green, Tyré King, Donna Dalton, and Julius Tate. The film follows these survivors as they struggle to find justice within the very system that’s responsible for the loss of their loved ones. The project was made by a team predominantly from Ohio. It was codirected by educator and curator Ingrid Raphaël and journalist Melissa Gira Grant, whose reporting on Columbus vice police informed the film. It was coproduced by Ruun Nuur and Chase Whiteside (whose award-winning América was featured in Unorthodocs 2018). Raphaël and Nuur are the cofounders of NO EVIL EYE CINEMA, an innovative microcinema that has presented events at the Wex. (20 mins., digital video)
After the screening, stay for a conversation with the filmmakers, community members, and family members featured in the film moderated by Dr. Treva Lindsey, associate professor in Ohio State’s Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Full details to follow.
