Should art heal the centuries of racial violence and injustice in the US?

'The artist Winfred Rembert’s mind and body bear the scars of being a Black man in the Jim Crow South. Shirley Jackson Whitaker – a physician, artist and community activist – wants to help heal these kinds of wounds, in individuals and in American society as a whole. Both are from Georgia and now reside in New Haven, Connecticut, making work that grapples with the United States’ legacy of racial and political violence. The short documentary Ashes to Ashes, directed by Taylor Rees and produced by Whitaker, traces how their friendship intertwines with their life stories, exploring their deeply divergent ways of thinking about their respective artistic practices and the role of art in addressing histories of trauma.' -- Aeon/Psyche

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