“The Neutral Ground,” a 2021 documentary that examines the country’s relationship with the Confederacy and race through the removal of Confederate monuments in New Orleans, taking an investigative approach to the optics of racial history in America.
On the Thursday edition of “Closer Look”, CJ Hunt, the film’s director and writer, discusses the making of the documentary and its commentary on race.
Since its release, the film has been banned from classrooms in at least 17 states while also picking up an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Historical Documentary as part of its presentation on “POV” on PBS.
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