How the Monuments Came Down (2021)

How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond. The feature-length film-brought to life by history-makers, descendants, scholars, and activists-reveals how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century, and why they fell.

Producers	Field Studio
Original title	How the Monuments Came Down
Directors	Lance Warren, Hannah Brown Ayers
Writers	Enjoli Moon, Joseph Rogers, Julian Hayter, Christy Coleman

Cast

Melody Barnes

as Self - Fmr. White House Domestic Policy Advisor

Christy Coleman

as Self - Former Director of the American Civil War Museum

Michael Paul Williams

as Self - Newspaper Columist

Julian Hayter

as Self - Voting Rights Expert

Caroline Janney

as Historian

Marvin Chiles

as Historian

Joseph Rogers

as Public Historian and Descendant of James Apostle Fields