ON THESE GROUNDS

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM | WORLD PREMIERE, 2021 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER, SPECIAL JURY AWARD DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, 2021 INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON

Directed by Garrett Zevgetis

Produced by Ariana Garfinkel, Jeff Consiglio, Chico Colvard

Edited by Jeff Consiglio

Co-Editor Chrystie Martinez Gouz

Original Music by Chanda Dancy

ON THESE GROUNDS explores the landscape and ripple of an explosive 2015 viral video that emerged from a classroom in Columbia, South Carolina, propelling us all into a national conversation about youth, authority, and race. When a White policeman throws a Black teenager from her school desk, one woman uproots her life to help the girl, face the officers and dismantle the system that allows incidents such as this one to occur in schools across the country.

Distributed by GRAVITAS VENTURES

Impact Campaign by REPRESENT JUSTICE

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