I believe that this story is too important not to tell. So I posted it online. Please pass this to friends and family to understand what took place in Greensboro, NC, 30 years from today.

Side notes:

• I began this when I was in college as a class project in my sophomore year
• After I graduated I UNCG moved to NYC and worked on Independent Films
• I moved back to Greensboro after 8 months to pick up where I left off in class
• I worked as a pizza delivery driver while continuing to produce and shoot this documentary
• I used equipment from GCTV public access cable 8 in Greensboro
• I edited the final documentary on an iMac DV+ (G3) with Final Cut Pro 2
• I sent the film to 10 festivals making 4 and picking up two awards
• There was no outside funding for making this film
• I produced, shot, wrote, directed, edited and scored the entire film

I look back and still can’t believe the story that I told. Telling this story changed the way I looked at politicians and people with power and money.

As a professional I look back and cringe on how I shot this. The first time I ever picked up a camera for an interview was with Willena for this documentary. I had no idea how to compose a shot. I also learned that I can’t do everything and have embraced collaborating with others.

All in all this was a story that lit a fire in me and I had to tell it. “Greensboro: Closer to the Truth,” is another documentary that beautifully tells the story of the survivors of The Greensboro Massacre and how the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission played a part in the healing process years later.

Greensboro residence, on Wednesday, November 4 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. the Greensboro Historical Museum and the Greensboro Public Library are hosting a screening of Adam Zucker’s documentary Greensboro: Closer to the Truth, about the 1979 Klan and Nazi killings. A panel discussion will follow the film with Adam Zucker.

You can also listen to the podcast of Adam and myself talking about our documentaries.

If you would like to download Greensboro’s Child and watch it on your ipod just click on the ipod image on the sidebar and it is ipod ready. Or watch it on your desktop. If you would like to make a donation to the filmmaker (since he funded the entire documentary himself) please feel free to click on the image on the sidebar. No donation is too little or too much.

Thank you everyone for your support and encouragement. Stay tuned for the next project. If you would like to subscribe to my podcast to keep informed on what’s next, go here. Or check out my blog to see what I’m doing.

Alicia Sowisdral, a graduate student at UNCG is showing Greensboro’s Child on Friday, November 3, 2006, at the Curry Auditorium on UNCG’s campus at 7 PM. This is a free event and immediately afterwards we will hold an open discussion and a Q&A. Please come out for this showing if you have not yet seen this film. It will give you a better understanding of what occurred that day and why it is important day in Greensboro’s history.

If you cannot attend the screening at UNCG, the film will be aired on public access channel 8 on Friday night at midnight then re-aired on Sunday at 5 PM.

I’ve posted the Documentary in 8 parts on here please feel free to comment and strike up a conversation.