Content warning: This film contains strong language, violent moments, and themes of racism and bigotry. Viewer discretion is advised.

Long before the Civil War, Lexington’s courthouse square, known as Cheapside Park (now Henry A. Tandy Park), was the largest locality for the slave trade in the American South. The site also prominently featured two monuments that honored Confederate slave owners John C. Breckinridge and John Hunt Morgan. In 2015, the Morgan statue was spray-painted with the words “Black Lives Matter,” which sparked community dialogue that questioned the relevance of Confederate statuary in the public sphere and addressed the trauma that those symbols produce. Since then, a coalition of people banded together to petition their local government to remove the statues and re-imagine Cheapside as a place of inclusion, edification, and healing.

Runtime: 1 hour, 34 minutes

Director/Editor: Elijah McKenzie
Cinematographers: Alex Scarfe, Elijah McKenzie, Robin Kunkel
Location Sound Engineers: Alex Scarfe, Elijah McKenzie
Producers: Ralph Merkel, Elijah McKenzie, Alex Scarfe
FAA-Certified Drone Operator: Bill Reynolds
Courtesy News Footage: WKYT – Lexington KY, CBS 19 – Charlottesville VA, LEX 18 – Lexington KY
Archival Footage: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Featured Music: Tyus Overton, 2 Mello, smeyeul, J-Ideas, Kami, DeBraun Thomas, CunninLynguists
Winner – Best Documentary
Documentaries Without Borders
International Film Festival (2024)