Bound by Blood – The Elaine Massacre Then & Now
Bound by Blood exhumes an almost 100-year old tragedy deep in the Arkansas Delta in which hundreds of black sharecroppers were massacred by white posses and federal troops near the town of Elaine.
Bound by Blood exhumes an almost 100-year old tragedy deep in the Arkansas Delta in which hundreds of black sharecroppers were massacred by white posses and federal troops near the town of Elaine. With reverberations still lingering today in the lives of descendants and locals, the film explores how human consequences of history continue to shape economic opportunities, identity and meaning for generations.