“Fighting for Justice,” a new documentary by Daytona Times photojournalist Duane C. Fernandez Sr., will make its debut on Saturday, July 18, at Cinematique Theater in Daytona Beach.
“Fighting for Justice” is Fernandez’s second Black history documentary and covers the killings of Black and Brown men and women in America, from Trayvon Martin in Sanford in 2012 to Marquis McGlockton in Clearwater in 2018.
This 45-minute film includes footage from Dr. Daniel Hollar’s class at Bethune-Cookman University where students relate their personal experiences and thoughts about Florida’s stand your ground law, Black Lives Matter, and the continuing mistreatment of Blacks and racism in America today.
The film also contains footage of Pastor Johnny Lee Gaddy, a survivor of the Arthur
G. Dozier School for Boys; the 2018 White nationalist rally and protest in Gainesville; the Ku Klux Klan rally in Columbia, South Carolina; speeches by Attorney Ben Crump, the Rev. Al Sharpton; NAACP Chair Leon Russell; Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood; as well as input from students at Daytona State College and the University of Florida.
Fernandez calls “Fighting for Justice’’ a continuation of his first documentary, “Lies Uncovered – The Truth About the Arthur G. Dozier Reform School for Boys.’’
