Look Away, Look Away
When the 2015 murder of nine Black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina triggers a national crisis over the Confederate flag, battle lines are set in Mississippi over the final state flag to include the contentious symbol of our shattered history. Patrick O'Connor's Look Away, Look Away introduces us to activists and depicts the five-year battle over the Mississippi state flag, illustrating how race, ethnicity, and Civil War grievances define who we are as Americans.
