Race: The Power of an Illusion — Season 1, Episode 2: The Story We Tell
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 9.0/10
Episode synopsis
The Story We Tell uncovers the roots of the race concept in North America, the 19th century science that legitimated it, and how it came to be held so fiercely in the western imagination. The episode is an eye-opening tale of how race served to rationalize, even justify, American social inequalities as "natural."
About Race: The Power of an Illusion
Race: The Power of an Illusion was a three-part series that was produced by California Newsreel and investigated race in society, science and history. The educational documentary originally screened on PBS and was primarily funded by CPD, the Ford Foundation and PBS.