>> CATHY: THIS SATURDAY THE MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL HOST "HANDS UP DON'T SHOOT OUR YOUTH MOVEMENT," A DOCUMENTARY EXPLORING THE BLACK YOUTH IN FERGUSON, MISSOURI, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF MIKE BROWN.

THE DOC IS THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF FILM AND COMMUNITY DISCUSSION SERIES ENTITLED "BEFORE THE MAYFLOWERS LANDED."

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK RIGHT NOW.

>> INITIALLY THIS FILM WAS MADE TO UNDERSTAND THE YOUTH ACTIVITY IN FERGUSON AND HOW THEY STOOD STRONGLY AGAINST CERTAIN SYSTEMIC ISSUES OF POLICE, BUT ALSO BROADER EXPERIENCES OF BLACK COMMUNITY IN THE FERGUSON, MISSOURI, AREA.

HOW SOON WE WOULD BE DEALING WITH THAT HERE IN THE TWIN CITIES AREA, MINNEAPOLIS TO BE SPECIFIC.

COME OUT, LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT A BACKDROP OF ISSUES THAT SOUND VERY SIMILAR TO THINGS APPENING HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS.

THERE'S A UNIQUE LINE THAT CAN BE DRAWN FROM FERGUSON, MISSOURI, TO MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

>> Cathy: HERE WITH US RIGHT NOW IS THE FILM'S PRODUCER RALPH L. CROWDER III.

I UNDERSTAND, SIR, THAT DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING RUNS DEEP IN YOUR FAMILY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

MY FATHER, HE WAS A, YOU KNOW, HE WAS BASICALLY HE WAS A TEACHER, BUT I CALL MY FATHER A DOCUMENTIN TOO.

BUT THEN I LEARNED ABOUT MY UNCLE JIM WHO DOCUMENTED THE HISTORIC BLACK COMMUNITY OF SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AND WE HAD A VERY, VERY ENGAGING SCREENING OF "THE LOST NEGROES OF NORTH AMERICA" WHICH WAS OUR FIRST SCREENING SERIES AT THE MINNESOTA HISTORY CENTER AND I DEALT WITH MINNEAPOLIS, SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AT THE TIME FROM 1945 TO '55, THAT DECADE AND IT'S PRECIOUS FOOTAGE AND IT'S DEFINITELY BEING RECEIVED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.

>> Eric: TELL US ABOUT IN THESE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN FERGUSON AND MINNEAPOLIS.

>> WELL, I DID NOT KNOW A LOT OF THOSE CONNECTIONS WHEN I WENT THERE ON THE GROUND A COUPLE DAYS AFTER MIKE BROWN'S DEATH.

THE BIGGEST IS DRED SCOTT, DRED SCOTT IS ACTUALLY BURIED LIKE TWO MILES AWAY FROM ALL THE ACTIVITY IN FERGUSON.

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING JUXTAPOSITION OF THIS IDEA OF CITIZENSHIP, AND, YOU KNOW, ISSUES ROUND POLICE, BUT BROADER THEMES AND HISTORICAL TIES OF JUST THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA IN GENERAL.

AND I THOUGHT DRED SCOTT IS DEFINITELY PRESENT IN THIS FILM AND ANYONE WHO SAYS INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT DRED SCOTT OR EVEN THE IDEA OF CITIZENSHIP HISTORICALLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY I THINK THIS FILM REALLY PROJECTS THAT.

>> Cathy: WHAT ARE YOU HOPING COME COMES OUT OF THIS SERIES AT THE MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY?

>> WELL, I'LL TELL YOU THIS.

WE'RE BREAKING ALL KINDS OF NUMBERS AT THE MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

I BELIEVE WE'RE REALLY PROVING TO HAVE A NATIONAL MODEL OF COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY-LED PROGRAMMING.

AND I THINK AT THE END OF THEIR SERIES WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK ON THIS NOT ONLY HERE IN THE TWIN CITIES, BUT, LIKE I SAID, NATIONALLY AROUND JUST A RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR MUSEUM COMMUNITIES, HISTORICAL COMMUNITIES THAT GATHER, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES AT LARGE AND JUST KIND OF LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF ENGAGING ALL COMMUNITIES, REALLY.

NOT JUST THE BLACK COMMUNITY, BUT ALL OF US AND THIS APPRECIATION FOR HISTORY.

>> Eric: SPEAKING OF APPRECIATION, DOES THE BROADER COMMUNITY KIND OF REALIZE HE IMPACT THAT THE MIKE BROWN SHOOTING, THE GEORGE FLOYD INCIDENT HAD ON THE WHOLE DISCUSSION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SO FORTH?

>> YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT BEING AN INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST AND ONE WHO PRODUCES DOCUMENTARY FILM, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE CORPORATE MEDIA GIVES YOU A CERTAIN KIND OF SPIN IN TERMS OF THE STORYLINES.

AND IT'S USUALLY GENERATED BY MONEY, YOU KNOW, MONEY AND ATTENTION.

SO BEING THAT I HAD MORE TIME TO REALLY DIVE INTO THOSE ISSUES AND HOW THEY ALL CONNECT, I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WHAT THEY SEE IN TERMS OF JUST HAVING A BROADER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES.

>> Eric: HOW SO?

WHAT'S UPLIFTING ABOUT IT OR WHAT'S OPTIMISTIC?

>> WELL, IT'S NOT NECESSARILYUPT LIFTING OR OPTIMISTIC, IT'S MORE OR LESS A MORE ENGAGED DISCUSSION, A MORE ENGAGED REFLECTION, AS ART IS A POWERFUL TOOL THAT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF SIT DOWN AND BE QUIET AND JUST ABSORB MESSAGES AND UNDERSTAND MESSAGING.

SO I THINK THE IMAGING AND MESSAGES OF THE FILM ARE REALLY GOING TO PROVOKE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AFTERWARD AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SERIES.

>> Cathy: WHAT ARE YOU HOPING FOLKS TAKE AWAY, THOUGH?

I KNOW YOU WANT PEOPLE TO DISCUSS AND EXCHANGE IDEAS.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

>> Cathy: WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO WALK OUT OF THE ROOM WITH?

>> WELL, I WANT -- FOR THIS FILMM OR IN GENERAL IN THE SERIES?

>> Cathy: THE FILM.

>> THE FILM ON SATURDAY, TOMORROW.

WELL, I WANT US TO REALLY HAVE A BETTER CONNECTION TO SHARED HUMANITY.

BOTTOM LINE.

>> Eric: HARD TO DO?

>> Cathy: THAT IS A TALL ORDER.

- BUT I'M GLAD YOU'RE THINKING THAT WAY.

>> THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF ART.

>> Cathy: RIGHT, EXACTLY.

>> THAT'S THE BEAUTY F STORYTELLING AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS PARTICULAR SERIES.

>> Eric: HISTORY CENTER 2 TO 4, FILM AND THEN Q & A.

>> YES, LIGHT Q & A BUT THE FULLY IS THE MAIN THING AND WE ARE GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME TO DEBRIEF AND UNPACK THE ISSUES.

BUT I THINK THE BEST DEBRIEF AND UNPACKING HAPPENS AT HOME.

>> Cathy: THAT'S SO TRU