Common Grounds? + Meltdown In Dixie
- Double Features
- 70 mins
In this program
Common Grounds?
Directed by Raed Truett Gilliam
In an age of hyperpolarization, the UVA Center for Politics documentary, COMMON GROUNDS? examines the political climate on a college campus, at the Grounds of the University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson. Through interviews with students from across the political spectrum, and a group dialogue between some of these students, the film asks a simple question: “Can tomorrow’s generation find common ground?”
Meltdown In Dixie
Directed by Emily Harrold
In the wake of the 2015 Charleston Massacre, a battle erupts in Orangeburg, South Carolina between the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) and an ice cream shop owner forced to fly the Confederate flag in his parking lot. In doing so, this film explores the broader role of Confederate symbolism in the 21st century and the lingering racial oppression which these symbols help maintain.