Allow me to introduce myself, I’m Carole Copeland, named after my aunt Carole Robertson (age 14) who was murdered along with Addie (13), Cynthia (11), and Denise (10) while in Sunday School at 16th St Baptist Church in B’ham, Al, on 9/15/63; while I was in my mothers’ womb; I am also a filmmaker.  It is my goal with this project, to bring awareness to the impact that undiagnosed/untreated inherited trauma has had on Black families for generations in America. 

Storytelling is most impactful and important when it is used to change lives and/or our world.   This photo of my Aunt’s funeral is representative of the horrific pain and trauma our families have and continue to deal with in losing parents, sons, daughters, siblings, etc to Murder While Living Black in America. What happens to these family members who have to go on in dignity after these traumatic losses; to those of us who are left behind to mourn the death?  In a culture where mental health services are shunned because historically, we have lived by “what goes on in this house, stays in this house.”  

This documentary will take a deep dive, examining, and prayerfully provide sustainable solutions to the systemic and residual trauma of our heritage of tragic loss of family, just for Living Black in America.  A look at what happens to the families after the attention and press is gone.  How do their lives actually go on and how has the unresolved trauma perpetuated for many generations? 

Here is your opportunity to invest and support this important work in a platform that will educate,  empower and inform