The Big Payback

The Big Payback

Fear and Reparations in the American Suburb

2022 · 88 min · Documentary

Funded by a tax on cannabis, Evanston, IL, earmarked $10 million to compensate descendants of enslaved Africans for 400 years of unpaid labor. Alderwoman Simmons leads her constituents through this historic campaign for reparations for the Black c...

Directed by Whitney Dow

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