This is the story of five Howard University students who sat on a carousel in 1960 and those who joined their movement as the first organized interracial civil rights protest in U.S. history began. From this beginning to the formation of the Freedom Riders, witness the untold story of those who heeded the impulse to activism.
Join us in the Bendheim Performing Arts Center for a screening of this powerful film. A Q&A with the filmmaker, Ilana Trachtman, will follow.
Adult Ticket: $18
Student Ticket: $12
Ilana Trachtman has made Emmy award-winning nonfiction programs for thirty years. She has explored worlds for PBS, HBO Family, ABC-TV, Showtime, Lifetime, Discovery, A&E, and the Sundance Channel; pursuing stories such as the legacy of slavery in Latin America, social activism among Gulf Coast shrimpers, the first LGBTQ activists, glassblowing with disenfranchised youth, and elderly prima ballerinas. Her favorite PBS prime-time credits include directing the independent feature Mariachi High; the series Black in Latin America hosted by Henry Louis Gates; Texas Ranch House; and producing for History Detectives and Reading Rainbow. Ilana’s feature, Praying with Lior, played in over 60 cities, winning six Audience Awards for Best Documentary and critical acclaim from the New York Times, New York Magazine, Washington Post, and Philadelphia Inquirer.
Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round was a 10-year labor of love for Ilana and is now premiering in festivals nationwide; it will premiere in New York as the closing film at the Jewish Film Festival this month.