File this one under "Things That Make You Go Hmm..." I stumbled upon this feature documentary while doing some reading up on Ferguson, Missouri's history (in light of the shooting death of Michael Brown). Titled "Spanish Lake," the film purports to examine the economic oppression, underlying racism, growing political divide, so-called "white flight," and the rise of anti-government sentiment in the suburb of Spanish Lake, Missouri. It took me a few minutes to determine that Spanish Lake, Mo is a short 15 minute drive from Ferguson, Mo. So connect the dots... Directed by Phillip Andrew Morton, the filmmaker's hometown is Spanish Lake (although...
- 8/25/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
How did it get this way? That's one question left un-addressed in too much of the coverage of the clashes between police and protesters in Ferguson, Missouri. How, in a generation, did a majority white suburb of St. Louis become majority black, mostly broke, and bereft of opportunity? And how did the white minority hang onto all the elected offices? The exact answers don't come in Spanish Lake, a timely heartbreaker of a localized-history doc from first-timer Phillip Andrew Morton. But the film is still revelatory and urgently relevant. (The film will be available on demand and in some theaters in the coming weeks, although since Ferguson the filmmakers have had a difficult time finding a St. Louis theater willing to show it.) See also: <a href="http:...
- 8/18/2014
- Village Voice
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