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Neshoba, a film by Pro Bono Productions and Pagano Productions, documents the story of a Mississippi town still divided about the meaning of justice, 40 years after the murders of civil right workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner. Although Klansmen bragged openly about what they did in 1964, no one was held accountable until 2005, when the State indicted Preacher Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year old notorious racist and alleged mastermind of the killings. Through intimate interviews with the families of the victims, candid interviews with black and white Neshoba County citizens, and exclusive, first time, interviews with Killen, the film explores whether the prosecution of one unrepentant Klansman constitutes justice and whether real healing and reconciliation are possible without telling the unvarnished truth. Neshoba won the Boston Film Festival Best Documentary Award 2008, Best Documentary 2008 Indie Memphis Film Festival, Best Directors of a Documentary and Best Political Documentary 2008 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.

Link to Neshoba Website

Neshoba Preview Screening - Photo Gallery
On November 23, 2008, hundreds attended the preview screening of Neshoba at the Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism. Neshoba producer-directors, Micki Dickoff and Tony Pagano spoke about the making of the film. The brothers of Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner also spoke at the event, which raised funds for the Andrew Goodman Foundation.

Andrew Goodman Foundation David Goodman and Gabe Pressman
David Goodman and Gabe Pressman

Andrew Goodman Foundation Rebekah Kebede and Janelle Burrell
Rebekah Kebede and Janelle Burrell

Andrew Goodman Foundation Mayor Dinkins and Gabe Pressman
Gabe Pressman with Mayor Dinkins

Andrew Goodman Foundation Micki Dickoff
Micki Dickoff speaking with guest

Andrew Goodman Foundation Neshoba Producers, Mayor Dinkins, Gabe Pressman and David Goodman
Gabe Pressman, David Goodman, Mayor Dinkins and Neshoba Producers

Andrew Goodman Foundation David Goodman, Neshoba Producers, Ben Cheney and Steve Schwerner
David Goodman, Neshoba Producers, Ben Chaney and Steve Schwerner

Andrew Goodman Foundation Scholarship Winners and Mayor Dinkins
Scholarship recipients Janelle Burrell and Chana Dorrough with Mayor Dinkins

Andrew Goodman Foundation Scholarship Winners
Scholarship recipients Chana Dorrough, Rebekah Kebede and Janelle Burrell

Andrew Goodman Foundation Micki Dickoff, Steve Schwerner, Ben Cheney and The Goodmans
Micki Dickoff, Steve Schwerner, Ben Chaney, David Goodman and Sylvia Golbin

Andrew Goodman Foundation The audience after the screening
At the reception after the screening

Andrew Goodman Foundation The Goodmans and Mayor Dinkins
Sylvia Golbin, Mayor Dinkins and David Goodman

Andrew Goodman Foundation Dean Lemman of Columbia Journalism School
Dean Nicholas Lemann of Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism

 

  
     
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