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'''''Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence''''' is a [[2007]] documentary film by filmmaker [[Alice Brewton Hurwitz]], about the lynching of [[Leander Shaw]], the crime that preceded it, and the victim, [[Lillie Davis]]. Hurwitz is Davis' great-great-niece.
The film premiered [[April 27]], [[2007]] at the [[Wikipedia:Tribeca_Film_Festival|Tribeca_Film_FestivalTribeca Film Festival]] in [[Wikipedia:New York City|New York City]]. Jeffrey Morgan, the film's director and co-producer, reported that the final two screenings of the film sold out, and that they have received requests to show the film at film festivals around the world. There are plans The film was screened in Pensacola on [[October 26]], [[2007]] to screen the film at open the year's [[Pensacola Film Festival]] . It was shown on a large outdoor screen set up in Fall 2007front of the [[T.<ref>[http://ricksblogT.biz/?p=1824 "Lillie and Leander update"Wentworth Museum]], Rick's Blog, May 16, 2007with the crowd watching from [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]] (where Shaw was lynched).]</ref> ==References==<references/>
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