Cathleen Dean’s Emmy Award-winning Wade in the Water: Drowning in Racism Documentary to be Screened at Morehouse Human Rights Film Festival

Atlanta, Georgia

South Florida Filmmaker Cathleen Dean won an Emmy award for her deep-dive exploration into Black Florida’s fight for the right to swim. Wade in the Water Drowning in Racism, brings to life the 1960’s Civil Rights protests that desegregated the state’s beaches and swimming pools.

Now Morehouse College in Atlanta Georgia has invited the Emmy-award-winning filmmaker to screen her film Wade in the Water: Drowning in Racism Documentary at their Human Rights Film Festival on September 20th–24th.

According to organizers, the goal of the festival is threefold: to educate and expand awareness of social justice issues, both nationally and worldwide; to generate conversation and dialogue around civil and human rights, justice, and injustice, as well as to inspire innovative and creative new approaches to social change.

“This year, more than ever, we want to uplift and support human rights storytelling that brings awareness to local, national, and international human experiences,” said Kara Walker, executive director of the Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival.