A film about two artists addressing racial injustice in America
Meet Winfred
Mr. Rembert grew up in rural Georgia and worked in the cotton fields during much of his childhood. As a teenager he got involved in the 1960s civil-rights movement and was jailed for fleeing for his life in a stolen car, nearly lynched and then cut down to serve as an example to others. In prison he learned the craft of hand-tooling leather to create the stories of his life.
Meet Shirley
Dr. Shirley Jackson grew up in Waycross, Georgia and went on to study medicine at Clark Atlanta University, Yale University School of Medicine, and Emory University School of Medicine. A kidney specialist by trade, an artist trained under Leonard Baskin, and a healer by passion, her Ashes to Ashes project was developed to provide hope for a better American future, one in which races of varying color and heritage can understand the importance of each other’s American history, empathize with each other’s sacrifices and tragedies, realize the legacy of impacts from suffered injustices and accept that healing is a process.
Ashes to ashes
this is not just a story about black history.
This is american history.
