How the Monuments Came Down

How the Monuments Came Down (2021)

10.0 86 min Movie

Documentary

Discover how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century-and how generations of Black resistance finally took them down.

How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond. The feature-length film-brought to life by history-makers, descendants, scholars, and activists-reveals how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century, and why they fell.

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Cast

Melody Barnes

Melody Barnes Self - Fmr. White House Domestic Policy Advisor

Christy Coleman

Christy Coleman Self - Former Director of the American Civil War Museum

Michael Paul Williams

Michael Paul Williams Self - Newspaper Columist

Julian Hayter

Julian Hayter Self - Voting Rights Expert

Caroline Janney

Caroline Janney Historian

Marvin Chiles

Marvin Chiles Historian

Joseph Rogers

Joseph Rogers Public Historian and Descendant of James Apostle Fields

Ralph Northam

Ralph Northam Self

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