Representing Juneau

In early June of this year, one of the largest anti-racist protests in Juneau was organized largely by word of mouth and reportedly involved "several hundred people."  Long standing racial discrimination issues--from public education to criminal justice--detrimentally effect life in this community and one of the repeated chants at this protest was, "Juneau is not immune."  Here, the biologic language of the pandemic intertwined with the social language of national solidarity against systemic racism, insisting that communities, too, are just as life-threatening as the virus.  This photograph, taken by a reporter standing above the protest, highlights the creativity of the signs at the protest--language, imagery, crowds, and song, remain vital instruments for imaging future social change through the expression of rage, anger, and grief.  What have been the most impactful representations of social change you have seen this summer and do they utilize traditional, experimental, or new forms of "documenting" reality?

Here are the links to the films we watched in class today: Feeling My Way, 7BPM, Everywhere at Once