Join MCA Denver for a screening of the documentary This Is [Not] Who We Are. The film, directed by Katrina Miller and Beret Strong, Ph.D., M.F.A., explores the gap between Boulder, Colorado’s progressive self-image and the lived experiences of its small but resilient Black community. Its throughline is the story of Zayd Atkinson, a university student who was performing his work study job cleaning up the grounds of his dorm when he was threatened by a police officer and, soon, by eight officers with guns drawn. He lived to tell the story many Black men don't survive to tell.

Boulder is emblematic of liberal, white, university-based communities that profess an inclusive ethic but live a segregated reality. The film explores the interconnected issues of land use, affordability, racial and class-based segregation, educational equity, and policing. This is [Not] Who We Are shares the voices of Boulder's Black community and shows how deeply the roots of institutional racism are embedded. It also explores the ways in which we have the power to change.

About the Filmmaker

Katrina Miller, Director, Producer, Narrator, and Videographer, is the founder and owner of Blackat Productions. She has been involved in video for over half of her life. Her commercial and artistic work has been featured worldwide and she directs video at some of the top concert venues in Colorado. As a filmmaker, Katrina explores social issues that affect the black community in the US. She hopes This Is Not Who We Are will help lay the groundwork for her children to have a more inclusive future. Her documentary Blacklash explores why her alma mater, the University of Colorado, Boulder, lacked ethnic diversity. Katrina has done extensive work for e-Town, Red Rocks, the City of Denver, Boulder of Museum, Unity Church, and many other organizations. She has a degree in Journalism from the University of Colorado, but experience has been her best teacher.

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