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Always in Season is American Documentary who released on April 28, 2019 (Toronto) and Produced by ''[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3346454/ Jacqueline Olive].'' It tells the tragedy of African American teenager Lennon Lacy, who in August 2014, was found hanging from a swing set in Bladenboro, North Carolina. His suspicious death was ruled a suicide by law enforcement, but Lennon’s mother, Claudia, her family, and many others believe Lennon was lynched.  
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Always in Season is American Documentary released on April 28, 2019 (Toronto) and Produced by ''[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3346454/ Jacqueline Olive].'' It tells the tragedy of African American teenager Lennon Lacy, who in August 2014, was found hanging from a swing set in Bladenboro, North Carolina. His suspicious death was ruled a suicide by law enforcement, yet Lennon's mom, Claudia, her family, and numerous others trust Lennon was lynched.  
  
 
This movie also received several nominee including :
 
This movie also received several nominee including :
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==Plot==
 
==Plot==
 
[[File:Pierre Lacy and mother Claudia Lacy, who holds a picture of her late son Lennon, in 2014.jpg|thumb|left|Pierre Lacy and mother Claudia Lacy, who holds a picture of her late son Lennon, in 2014]]
 
[[File:Pierre Lacy and mother Claudia Lacy, who holds a picture of her late son Lennon, in 2014.jpg|thumb|left|Pierre Lacy and mother Claudia Lacy, who holds a picture of her late son Lennon, in 2014]]
Always is Season explores the lingering impact of more than a century of lynching African Americans and connects this form of historic racial terrorism to racial violence today. The film centers on the case of Lennon Lacy, an African American teen who was found hanging from a swing set in Bladenboro, North Carolina, on August 29, 2014. Despite inconsistencies in the case, local officials quickly ruled Lennon’s death a suicide, but his mother, Claudia, believes Lennon was lynched. Claudia moves from paralyzing grief to leading the fight for justice for her son.
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Always is Season explores the lingering impact of more than a century of lynching African Americans and connects this form of historic racial terrorism to racial violence today. The film rolls around the case of Lennon Lacy, an African American teenager who was discovered hanging from a swing set in Bladenboro, North Carolina, on August 29, 2014. In spite of inconsistencies in the case, nearby authorities immediately taid that Lennon's death is a suicide, yet his mom, Claudia, trusts Lennon was lynched. Claudia moves from her deep grief to driving the battle for equity for her child.
  
As the film unfolds, Lennon’s case, and the suspicions surrounding it, intersect with stories of other communities seeking justice and reconciliation. A few hundred miles away in Monroe, Georgia, a diverse group of reenactors, including the adult daughter of a former Ku Klux Klan leader, annually dramatize a 1946 quadruple lynching to ensure the victims are never forgotten and encourage the community to share come forward with information that might bring the perpetrators to justice.  As the terrorism of the past bleeds into the present, the film asks: what will it take for Americans to begin building a national movement for racial justice and reconciliation?<ref>https://www.alwaysinseasonfilm.com/about</ref>
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As the film goes, Lennon's case, and the doubts encompassing it, converge with accounts of different networks looking for equity and compromise. A couple hundred miles away in Monroe, Georgia,  a diverse group of reenactors, including the adult daughter of a previous Ku Klux Klan pioneer, yearly dramatize a 1946 quadruple lynching to guarantee the the victims are never forgotten  and urge the local area to share data that may deal with the culprits. As the psychological oppression of the past seeps into the present, the film asks: what will it take for Americans to begin building a national movement for racial justice and reconciliation?<ref>https://www.alwaysinseasonfilm.com/about</ref>
  
 
==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==
 
[[File:Lennon Lacy’s name is written on the swing set where he was found hanging in the town of Bladenboro..jpg|thumb|Lennon Lacy’s name is written on the swing set where he was found hanging in the town of Bladenboro.]]
 
[[File:Lennon Lacy’s name is written on the swing set where he was found hanging in the town of Bladenboro..jpg|thumb|Lennon Lacy’s name is written on the swing set where he was found hanging in the town of Bladenboro.]]
The documentary film depicts how a mother cant get the justice and the truth about the death of his young African-American son that she believes his son is one of the victim of lyncing African-American. Because the local police chief just declared the tragedy to be a suicide without any explanation. “''Why had there been no thorough investigation into her son’s death, she demanded to know? Where was the evidence that this happy and popular boy had intended to take his own life? Why was Lennon wearing unfamiliar shoes a size smaller than his own when he died, and whose belts were those from which he had been hanging''?<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/21/always-in-season-lennon-lacy-death</ref>
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The narrative film portrays how a mother cannot get the equity and reality with regards to the demise of his young African-American child that she accepts his child is one of the survivor of lyncing African-American. Since the local police just pronounced the death to be a a suicide with no clarification. There were a long of questions that were left unanswered by the police; such as why the death was never pursued? Was there any evidence that a happy, popular boy kill himself? Whose belt was being used to hang Lennon?<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/21/always-in-season-lennon-lacy-death</ref>
  
 
“''it is an unflinching look at how the racial sins of the past flow through the arteries of the present day. Since the Lacy investigation started, there have been 20 Black men who were found hanged in a public place. These were all quickly deemed suicides without much investigation, if any''.”<ref>https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/always-in-season-movie-review-2019</ref> –Odie Enderson
 
“''it is an unflinching look at how the racial sins of the past flow through the arteries of the present day. Since the Lacy investigation started, there have been 20 Black men who were found hanged in a public place. These were all quickly deemed suicides without much investigation, if any''.”<ref>https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/always-in-season-movie-review-2019</ref> –Odie Enderson
  
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[[Category:Black Racism in Documentary Movies]]
 
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Revision as of 15:48, 7 March 2021

Always in Season Movie Poster

Always in Season is American Documentary released on April 28, 2019 (Toronto) and Produced by Jacqueline Olive. It tells the tragedy of African American teenager Lennon Lacy, who in August 2014, was found hanging from a swing set in Bladenboro, North Carolina. His suspicious death was ruled a suicide by law enforcement, yet Lennon's mom, Claudia, her family, and numerous others trust Lennon was lynched.

This movie also received several nominee including :

  • INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION Best Writing (Nominee)
  • SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL-U.S. Special Jury Award for Moral Urgency
  • DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Best Documentary.[1]

Plot

Pierre Lacy and mother Claudia Lacy, who holds a picture of her late son Lennon, in 2014

Always is Season explores the lingering impact of more than a century of lynching African Americans and connects this form of historic racial terrorism to racial violence today. The film rolls around the case of Lennon Lacy, an African American teenager who was discovered hanging from a swing set in Bladenboro, North Carolina, on August 29, 2014. In spite of inconsistencies in the case, nearby authorities immediately taid that Lennon's death is a suicide, yet his mom, Claudia, trusts Lennon was lynched. Claudia moves from her deep grief to driving the battle for equity for her child.

As the film goes, Lennon's case, and the doubts encompassing it, converge with accounts of different networks looking for equity and compromise. A couple hundred miles away in Monroe, Georgia,  a diverse group of reenactors, including the adult daughter of a previous Ku Klux Klan pioneer, yearly dramatize a 1946 quadruple lynching to guarantee the the victims are never forgotten  and urge the local area to share data that may deal with the culprits. As the psychological oppression of the past seeps into the present, the film asks: what will it take for Americans to begin building a national movement for racial justice and reconciliation?[2]

Controversy

Lennon Lacy’s name is written on the swing set where he was found hanging in the town of Bladenboro.

The narrative film portrays how a mother cannot get the equity and reality with regards to the demise of his young African-American child that she accepts his child is one of the survivor of lyncing African-American. Since the local police just pronounced the death to be a a suicide with no clarification. There were a long of questions that were left unanswered by the police; such as why the death was never pursued? Was there any evidence that a happy, popular boy kill himself? Whose belt was being used to hang Lennon?[3]

it is an unflinching look at how the racial sins of the past flow through the arteries of the present day. Since the Lacy investigation started, there have been 20 Black men who were found hanged in a public place. These were all quickly deemed suicides without much investigation, if any.”[4] –Odie Enderson

Reference