The Cost of Inheritance

This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are available at the Amherst Cinema box office on a first come, first serve basis.

Presented in partnership with the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts’ EVOLVE series, NEPM, GBH, and WORLD.

Post-film discussion will focus on local organizing efforts around racial reckoning and repair, and the importance of the arts and public media in storytelling for social change.

The decades-long debate surrounding reparations is fraught, mired in racial tension and the semantics of restorative justice.

While the national conversation remains stalled due to legislative inaction, communities across the country examine their histories and take it upon themselves to arrange their own form of reparations.

This detailed investigation of restitution presents accounts of everyday people confronting the past and exploring the possibilities of wealth transfer.