Beacon Digest

Join us for the screening of Episode Five: Wake Up America, the fifth and final installment of the Peekskill Riots docuseries. This concluding episode examines what happened after the violence of 1949, when efforts were made on both national and local levels to rewrite, suppress, and erase the history of the riots and the legacy of Paul Robeson. Through powerful storytelling, the film explores how the cover-up itself became another form of harm, and why remembering this history remains so important today. A Q&A with filmmaker Jon Bennett will follow the screening.