![]() ![]() Saunders told reporters, “We chose to do this documentary because we knew it was something that everyone should know. ![]() O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave” No refuge could save the hireling and slaveįrom the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:Īnd the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave, ![]() Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ pollution. That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion,Ī home and a country, should leave us no more? “And where is that band who so vauntingly swore One scene finds students reading aloud the third stanza: What So Proudly We Hail brings the focus back to the original truth that spurned Kaepernick’s protest: there remains “no refuge” for descendants of those mentioned in the third stanza. The documentary could add insight to current national conversations about the protests, which have been sidetracked by the President’s outrageous tweets. Students completed the documentary, which is available on Vimeo, in 2016, just months before Kaepernick’s now famous protest. Kendra Hawkins, an assistant director of the film, told the news outlet that she and Saunders hoped to educate people who questioned protests against the national anthem: “While the documentary didn’t gain recognition as fast as we projected, once the controversy centered around the nation’s anthem arrived, we already had something educational to offer the people.” ![]()
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