It also explores the ways in which we have the power to change. This is Who We Are shares the voices of Boulder's Black community and shows how deeply the roots of institutional racism are embedded. The film explores the interconnected issues of land use, affordability, racial and class-based segregation, educational equity, and policing.
He lived to tell the story many Black men don't survive to tell.īoulder is emblematic of liberal, white, university-based communities that profess an inclusive ethic but live a segregated reality. Its throughline is the story of Zayd Atkinson, a university student who was performing his work study job cleaning up the grounds of his dorm when he was threatened by a police officer and, soon, by eight officers with guns drawn. The film, directed by Katrina Miller and Beret Strong, Ph.D., M.F.A., explores the gap between Boulder, Colorado’s progressive self-image and the lived experiences of its small but resilient Black community. This film explores the gap between Boulder, Colorado’s progressive self-image and the lived experiences of its small but resilient Black community by featuring Zayd Atkinson, a university student performing his work study job cleaning up the grounds of his dorm when he was threatened by a police. Join MCA Denver for a screening of the documentary This Is Who We Are.
