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“Town Destroyer” sheds new light on our first president. The film by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman also illuminates a work of art that roiled San Francisco and the nation.
“Town Destroyer” sheds new light on our first president. The film by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman also illuminates a work of art that roiled San Francisco and the nation.
<p>Artists and scholars debate the value of confronting historical discomfort against claims that images of violence are traumatizing. Historian Amna Khalid weighs in. </p>
The high school mural that’s spawned years of shouting matches, lawsuits, and national media animus towards San Francisco gets the documentary treatment in ‘Town Destroyer,’ playing at The Roxie and the Mill Valley Film Festival.