Divisible: A Documentary About the History and Ongoing Impacts of Redlining in the United States

Join us for an evening of the movie screening, Divisible: A Documentary About the History and Ongoing Impacts of Redlining in the United States, at Cinemapolis on September 12th at 6 pm!

6:00 pm - 7:15 pm | Film Screening

7:25 pm -7:55pm | Panel Discussion with: 

• Lizzy Barrett, director, producer, cinematographer, and founder of Equity Media, a production company dedicated to creating compelling visual content at the intersection of media and social justice.
• Eldred Harris, a graduate of Cornell Law School, Eldred currently serves on the ICSD Board of Education as a member of the curriculum and finance committees and is the board liaison to Beverly J. Martin Elementary.
• Dr. Tyrell Stewart-Harris, lecturer in management communication and the writing program coordinator at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University.
• Moderator: Rev. Dr. Kenneth Clarke, Sr., director of the Tompkins County Office of Human Rights, Dr. Clarke previously served as director of Cornell United Religious Work at Cornell University.

What you can expect:

The film provides a detailed look into redlining: what happened, where it came from, who was involved, how it supposedly “ended,” and why the 1968 Fair Housing Act did not actually get rid of redlining or its impact.

Told through a combination of expert and personal interviews, Divisible explores how redlining impacted and continues to affect the following topics: white privilege, housing, health, education, economics, the highway system, and the criminal justice system.