Always in Season Island [BAVC PI 2010 Preview]

[***More info about the project-in-progress is at http://www.bavc.org/node/54221]

For almost a century until the mid-1960s, tens of thousands of ordinary people attended the lynchings of over 4,700 African Americans that often included hours of torture, mutilation and photographs.

The documentary "Always in Season" examines the impact this form of racial violence still has on Americans today with intimate accounts from spectators, their relatives, and family members of lynching victims.

Developed at the Bay Area Video Coalition in San Francisco over the course of 10 days in early June, the proof-of-concept "Always in Season Island" in Second Life gives visitors a personal sense of the choices and circumstances that brought men, women, and children out to watch lynchings in every state across the U.S. but four.

As visitors learn about this intrinsic part of American history and share the experience in an interactive environment, students and educators can gain strategies for preventing targeting and group violence in their own communities today.

Stay tuned for more!

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[eddihaskell]

This is an important video. The United States needs to teach moreto its children about the incredible cruelty down to African American. However, lynchings did not occur in all 50 states. In addition, they have occurred recently - In 1981, two KKK members in Alabama randomly selected a black man, Michael Donald, and murdered him. But I object to showing someone complaining about border control -- as unjust as it is - and comparing it to lynchings. As bad as it is, it is not the same.

[AlviHalderman]

Really great work

[telemacohomewwod]

great work



[h2tietgens]

This hurts -- and it should. Very well done.

[ciskovan]

u put the finger in the wound . the question " how would u react in such a situation?"

is essential. is it the phenomen of "bred and games" from the romans.

technical WL settings r a bit to contrasty. love the mass scene with the cutout texture of the silhouette. perfect use of mixed sources - viewer 2.0 i guess. great post pro overall -

[SmellySalsa]

I loved how it came together in the end! I hope it really helps people understand the scale and severity of theese types of events!

[millayfreschi]

and incredible portrayal of a truly horrific period in our history. As always, thank you for continually raising our awareness.

[tenaciousd2005]

Powerful and thought provoking stuff, well done to everyone involved, you should be proud! It is inspiring to see informative videos like this about subjects that are usually ignored by todays wider society. It goes without saying that this was a serious social misguidance, and should never be repeated. Hopefully, our society has moved forward enough to be able to keep these horrendous acts in the history books and nowhere else. I think back to the James Byrd Jr murder back in 1998, pure evil.

[MalloryDestiny]

I am impressed! by this machinima!

[GeoMeek]

Are people ordinary if thy attend lynchings ? I don't think so. People that attend lynchings are in need of help.