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Original Film Title: The Last Poppy
Director’s Name: Maisha Wester
Writer’s Name: Maisha Wester, Desiree Reynolds
Producer: Nick Bax
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Country of Filming: United Kingdom
Language: English
Runtime: 11 minutes 23 seconds
Film Description:
Immerse yourself in a highly atmospheric and provoking journey through the history of anti-blackness in the US and UK. Trace the origins of racial ideologies, their motivations, contradictions, and nightmarish consequences – from a 19th-century plantation to a mid-20th-century cityscape.
This 360° video is a condensed version of a larger interactive PC game which explores Black humanity, intellect and resilience, and offers crucial insight into why anti-Black racism has always been destructive, not only to its targets but to bystanders, perpetrators, lawmakers, and entire societies.
An experience designed to be mentally and emotionally difficult; content includes graphic descriptions of racist violence and murder taken from real historical sources.