The Cost of Inheritance: A film exploring efforts toward reparations
View archival footage, longer excerpts taped during production and video shorts made from the film, including segments featuring Briayna Cuffie and Lotte Lieb Dula of Reparations4slavery, Randy Quarterman and Sarah Eisner of The Reparations Project, Joe Stewart of the Georgetown University GU-272, plus subject matter experts.
VIDEO SHORTS
BEYOND THE LENS FEATURETTE
Hear from director Yoruba Richen and the many others who contributed to this film. Filmed during the DOC NYC film festival premiere.
MEET THE MAKERS EVENT
Meet the makers of The Cost of Inheritance and learn of their motivations in making this important documentary.
A REPARATION OF LAND
In 2019, Sarah Eisner discovered land that her ancestor, George Adam Keller, granted to enslaved Zeke Quarterman in the 1800s. But the title of ownership was never legally given. Eisner connected with Randy, a Quarterman descendant - they are now working together to right history's wrongs.
THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP
Through her ancestry, the harm they created in slavery, and the privilege it has granted her, Lotte Lieb Dula found Briayna Cuffie in her work on reparations. The two work together to tell their own stories and teach Americans about what they can do to repair their history.
MEET THE DIRECTOR
Award winning filmmaker, Yoruba Richen, discusses her work on this new documentary and the importance of the work of reparations.
THE POLITICAL FIGHT
Can public policy address the historic call for reparations? With Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Historian Dr. Joe Trotter and Farmer/activist John Boyd.
TRUTH-TELLING
Dr. Earl Lewis, founding director of the University of Michigan’s Center for Social Solutions, recognizes that Americans are split on the issue of reparations, but argues that past injustices did not end with slavery.
WORKING TO PASS HR-40
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee discusses the fight to pass HR 40, a bill written to study slavery and develop reparations proposals.
THE COST OF SLAVERY
Dr. Joe Trotter of Carnegie Mellon University explains how the African American community is still grappling with the negative impacts of slavery on today’s issues like inequality in employment, housing, health, and life expectancy.
TIES TO LAND
Meet Patt Gunn, Randy Quarterman and Sarah Eisner, all working to promote reparations and education.
NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE BOARDING SCHOOL ERA
Ricky White and Melody Staebner discuss the generational trauma brought on by the forced enrollment of Native American children during this painful era.
JAPANESE AMERICANS AND THE INTERNMENT CAMPS
Don Tamaki, attorney and activist, discusses the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII and the reparations paid to the survivors.
SLAVERY BUILT AMERICA
Artist and activist Jasiri X delves into Black contributions to America’s wealth and argues that reparations are long overdue.
CALLIE HOUSE AND REPARATIONS
Beginning in the 1800s, the reparations movement started with Mrs. Callie House, who led the National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Association.
