@article{456882,
      author = {Cartwright, Jacob. and Jordan, Nick,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/456882},
      title = {Between two rivers [the struggle for civil rights in  small-town America] / [videorecording] :},
      publisher = {Wurstundgritz ;},
      abstract = {"Between Two Rivers shines a spotlight on Cairo, Illinois,  a historic town with a dark and troubled past, located  between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, where North meets  South in America's heartland. The film offers a remarkable  insight into a community struggling with severe economic,  social, and environmental pressures. The city's tumultuous  past serves as an undercurrent to the latest community  crisis: the record-breaking floods of spring 2011, when the  rising rivers threatened to destroy the town. With lyrical  and striking contrasts between the past and present, the  film explores the factors that have led to the city's rise  and fall, from booming river trade and juke joints to mob  lynchings and race riots which tore apart the community.  Once renowned for its wealth and fine architecture, Cairo  today has countless derelict homes, abandoned businesses,  and empty lots, which nature is steadily reclaiming.  Researched and filmed over a four-year period, the film  combines original cinematography and candid interviews with  archival footage, unseen for more than 40 years, capturing  the town at the height of explosive racial tensions in the  late 1960s. Between Two Rivers illustrates the long-term  impact of the violent civil unrest, economic boycotts,  curfews, and martial law that so deeply divided the  community. From the vivid childhood recollections of a car  salesman to the emotive music of a local soul guitarist,  individuals share their feelings, insights, and experiences  of life in Cairo, and their hopes for a better future. The  residents' hope and resolve to keep their city alive is  belied by a mix of nostalgia and fatalism, as Cairo's  once-thriving downtown district is gradually demolished and  the population steadily declines. At a time when national  governments are reeling from the effects of a global  financial crisis, Between Two Rivers reveals the stark  effects of economic inequalities, environmental disasters,  and social injustice, as experienced by the people of one  beleaguered town caught between two mighty  rivers."--Distributor's website.},
      recid = {456882},
      pages = {1 videodisc (96 min.) :},
      address = {[New York] :},
      year = {2012},
}