How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond. The feature-length film-brought to life by history-makers, descendants, scholars, and activists-reveals how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century, and why they fell.
Direction
Two directors centering Black voices, not white guilt.
Editing
Seamless weaving of archival footage and contemporary resistance.
Writing
Letting historians and activists speak, no watered-down narration.
Director
Hannah Brown Ayers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The filmmakers are married partners who spent years embedded with Richmond activists before rolling cameras.
The 2020 removal of Lee's statue became the largest gathering point for racial justice protests in Virginia history—this film captures why that moment was decades in the making.
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