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<\/a>Trigger warning: disturbing images and fictionalized depictions of brutality, violence, and death<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n Jacqueline Olive is a documentary filmmaker living in Florida. Her most recent project is the feature film,\u00a0Always in Season<\/i>, which aims to explore the history of violence and terrorism that Blacks faced through lynching, as well as ongoing efforts to reconcile and seek justice for the heinous race-based murders of Black people for over a century.<\/span> Olive is currently fundraising via IndieGoGo to secure funds to complete the film. On the film’s\u00a0IndieGoGo page<\/b><\/a>, she describes what motivated her to make\u00a0Always in Season<\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0As an African American mother of a 17-year old son<\/b>\u2014who I can remember sleeping next to me on the floor of the edit suite while I co-created my first film ten years ago\u2014I am particularly alarmed by the number of vigilante and police killings of black and brown people today (4 times a week) that mirrors the rate of lynching at its height.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n On August 29, 2014, Lennon Lacy, 17, the same age as my son, was found hanging from a swing set in Bladenboro, NC.<\/b>\u00a0We recently traveled to Bladenboro to tell Lennon’s story and filmed with his mother Claudia, who grieves as she seeks justice for a son that she, and many others, suspect was lynched. Lennon Lacy’s life matters, as do the lives of the victims of lynching who were often brutalized out of their humanity. Their lives matter. The details of the circumstances of their deaths matter.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Watch the trailers from\u00a0Always in Season\u00a0<\/i>below.<\/b>\u00a0You can also visit the film’s\u00a0IndieGoGo page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0to read more about the film and contribute to the fundraiser.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nThe film focuses on four communities affected by lynching, particularly relatives and descendants of both lynching victims and perpetrators. By doing so, the documentary hopes to show how each community is “grappling with how best to acknowledge the victims, repair the damage, and reconcile\u2014all in the midst of pushback and heated national discourse about the value of black lives.”<\/span><\/p>\n