Always in Season

Always in Season

2019 · 89 min · ★ 6.8 · Documentary

When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother's search for justice and reconciliation begins while the trauma of more than a century of lynching African Americans bleeds into the present.

Directed by Jacqueline Olive · Written by Don Bernier

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