A Reckoning Round Up
Vive Griffith
January 27, 2022
On Martin Luther King Day, January 17th, A Reckoning in Boston made its national premiere on PBS. Started in the Boston Clemente classroom, Reckoning follows two students in their lives inside and outside the classroom and is a testament to the power of the humanities as well as the real and lasting damage of systemic racism.
If you missed the premiere, you can still catch the film on the PBS streaming app. And you can read the many articles and responses in the press to this honest and impactful film. We at the Clemente Course are proud to have our story included alongside the story of Kafi, Carl, and James.
- Realscreen, " James Rutenbeck on Creating an Authentic Narrative in A Reckoning in Boston . "
- Independent Lens blog, " Filmmaker and Clemente Course Students Team Up to Reckon with Systemic Racism ."
- WGBH, " Behind the Scenes of A Reckoning in Boston ."
- Boston Globe, " A Film, and a Filmmaker, Transformed in A Reckoning in Boston "
- PBS Metrofocus for January 13, 2022 , aired a conversation with James, Kafi, and Carl
- Arts Fuse Film Review, " A Reckoning in Boston : Heartbreaking and Muckraking " (Arts Fuse also named the film one of the 10 best documentaries of the year.)
- The Power of Good podcast, " A Reckoning in Boston : The Growing Racial and Economic Divide in the City ," a conversation with Kafi, Carl, and Clemente professor Tim McCarthy
You can find more press coverage of Reckoning on its website .
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