Mayerson JCC Jewish and Israeli Film Festival: Closing Night

Ain’t No Back To A Merry-Go-Round

2024 ∙ Documentary ∙ 89 minutes ∙ English ∙ Ilana Trachtman 

Film still courtesy of Holgate Young.

In June of 1960, three shocking, unprecedented events happened at “idyllic” Glen Echo Amusement Park: Howard University students arrived at the Park and sat down on the Carousel; White, middle-aged neighbors, largely Jewish, joined the protests; the American Nazi Party showed up. This powerful documentary tells the forgotten story of how those three events shook metropolitan Washington, forced sides, changed lives, and ignited sparks that flew out across the Civil Rights movement for years to come.

CONTENT WARNING: hateful language, racism, antisemitism 

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