‘The Long Shadow’ is a Deeply Felt History Lesson on Racism in America

Written by Sophia Stewart

Last year, Ta-Nehisi Coates told an audience in Washington D.C., “If you are attempting to study American history, and you don’t understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America.” Filmmaker Frances Causey agrees wholeheartedly — that’s why she made The Long Shadow.

As a white woman, Causey wants to illuminate white people’…