How the Monuments Came Down
Discover how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century-and how generations of Black resistance finally took them down.
10.0(1) 2021-06-10 86 minDocumentary
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.
DirectorHannah Brown Ayers
DirectorLance Warren
ProducerHannah Brown Ayers
ProducerLance Warren
Original Music ComposerOsei Essed
Cast & characters
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Melody Barnes
as Self - Fmr. White House Domestic Policy Advisor
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Christy Coleman
as Self - Former Director of the American Civil War Museum
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Michael Paul Williams
as Self - Newspaper Columist
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Julian Hayter
as Self - Voting Rights Expert
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Caroline Janney
as Historian
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Marvin Chiles
as Historian
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Joseph Rogers
as Public Historian and Descendant of James Apostle Fields
Ralph Northam
as Self
