American Reckoning
2022, English. Directed by Yoruba Richen & Brad Lichtenstein.
Who killed Wharlest Jackson Sr.?
In this feature-length documentary from FRONTLINE and Retro Report, an unsolved 1960s murder reveals an untold story of the civil rights movement and Black resistance. “American Reckoning” examines Black opposition to racist violence in Mississippi, spotlighting a little-known armed resistance group called the Deacons for Defense and Justice, woven alongside the Jackson family’s decades-long search for justice amid a federal effort to investigate civil rights era cold cases.
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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American Reckoning is streaming on PBS Documentaries in India.
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- Released
- 15 February 2022
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Yoruba Richen, Brad Lichtenstein
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American Reckoning runs 83 minutes (1h 23m).
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American Reckoning is streaming on PBS Documentaries in India. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed American Reckoning?
American Reckoning (2022) was directed by Yoruba Richen and Brad Lichtenstein.