Anatomy Of A Scene: ‘Lynching Postcards’ Director Christine Turner Explores Her Oscar-Shortlisted Doc On Souvenirs Of White Terror

Deadline, January 29, 2022: Anatomy Of A Scene: ‘Lynching Postcards’ Director Christine Turner Explores Her Oscar-Shortlisted Doc On Souvenirs Of White Terror

“EXCLUSIVE: Between 1880 and 1968, over four thousand African American people were lynched in the United States, according to multiple independent investigations.

“‘Terror lynchings were horrific acts of violence whose perpetrators were never held accountable,’ states a report by the Equal Justice Initiative. ‘Indeed, some public spectacle lynchings were attended by the entire white community and conducted as celebratory acts of racial control and domination.’

“As if that weren’t shocking enough, white people who attended these public murders often shared souvenirs of the occasion, a phenomenon documented in the Oscar shortlisted film Lynching Postcards: ‘Token of a Great Day’. The short from MTV Documentary Films, directed by Christine Turner, is streaming on the Paramount+ platform.”

Additional reading:

Film Forum will present a free screening of Christine Turner’s LYNCHING POSTCARDS: “TOKEN OF A GREAT DAY” on Tuesday, March 8 at 6:30PM followed by a Q&A with Turner.

NPR, February 8, 2022: How Black activists used lynching souvenirs to expose American violence

Newsbreak, January 24, 2022: ‘Lynching Postcards’ director Christine Turner on how our violent past connects to America’s ‘modern day lynchings’