Event Summary:

The next "American Cinema Editors Presents" is a screening of the 2023 documentary Stamped from the Beginning. Using innovative animation and expert voices, Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams brings Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's New York Times bestseller to the screen. Published in 2016, Dr. Kendi's National Book Award winner chronicles the story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. Stamped from the Beginning has been shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, one of 15 films selected from hundreds of eligible films. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film's editors John S. Fisher and Francesca Sharper, moderated by David Velasco.