Free Renty Lanier v Harvard

FREE RENTY tells the story of Tamara Lanier an African American woman determined to force Harvard University to cede possession of daguerreotypes of her greatgreatgreat grandfather an enslaved man named Renty The daguerreotypes were commissioned in 1850 by a Harvard professor to prove the superiority of the white race The images remain emblematic of Americas failure to acknowledge the cruelty of slavery the racist science that supported it and the white supremacy that continues to infect our society today The film focuses on Lanier and tracks her lawsuit against Harvard and features attorney Benjamin Crump author TaNehisi Coates and scholars Ariella Azoulay and Tina Campt