AIN’T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND: (89 minutes) tells the forgotten story of Blacks and Jews uniting to protest Echo Park, a segregated amusement park outside of DC in 1960. It is an incredibly important, timely, and excellent documentary that has been selling out festivals across the US. Filmmaker Ilana Trachtman who went to Echo Park as a child tracked down the protesters and some truly remarkable footage to tell this lost story of American history that our current leaders are trying to erase.
““plays like the here’s-what-really-happened version of John Waters’s “Hairspray”
Join us for a special panel discussion on following the film on Monday, December 15, 6PM
SHINE A LIGHT OF BROWARD COUNTY WILL BE HONORING:
Myriam Campo-Goldman
Harmony Development Corporation
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
Fallon Johnson
Urban League of Broward County
Karen Zemel
Jewish Community Relations Council of Broward County
The film will be presented for free thanks to the support of:
