Ashes to Ashes

2019 25 min

Overview

America has yet to heal from the trauma of its darkest era, and Winfred Rembert is living proof of that. Rembert, who lived on a plantation, joined the civil rights movement as a teen and was put to work on a chain gang, is a rare survivor of a lynching attempt. Decades later, he still carries the scars. “That lynching is on my back, and it’s dragging me down, even today,” he says. As he etches the history, bloodsoaked and cruel, into leatherwork, fellow artist Dr. Shirley Jackson Whitaker organizes a different kind of ceremony to search for healing. “It’s not just black history,” she says. “This is American history.”

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

United States of America

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Cast

Winfred Rembert

Himself

Crew

Taylor Rees

Director

Allison Davis

Writer

Taylor Rees

Producer

Renan Öztürk

Cinematography

Renan Öztürk

Director

Todd Rees

Executive Producer

Logan Nelson

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