msnbc films documentary, modern america. michelle, which have you with us. so teaneck was deeply impacted by philippe pannell s shooting in the 90s. some of us may not even remember it. but has the town forgotten about this? or is this still on the hearts and minds on the residents there today? well, what is really interesting is that, you know, and they recently, after the george floyd killing, tried to put up some black lives matter movement north murals. and many of the people who are fighting for these murals have never heard the name, philip pannell. and that just goes to so to show that, now, his name was not on the minds of the people of america. it was really swept under the rug, his story. tell me about what drew you to this story, and how you, or
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quickly, what do you want viewers to take away from watching this documentary? i think that s one of the most important things to remember is that, i mean, i d like people to, you don t, understand that this town was not an evil town. we re not saying that it s filled with people who are trying to do back. but when you are trying to do the right thing that we need to, at all times, be aware of what we might have missed. and there is always lingering possibilities of lingering discord, and we need to be faced flip, and seeing what needs to be worked on and changed. we certainly do. michelle major, thank you so much for your time. thank you for making this documentary, model america, premieres tomorrow night, 10 pm right here on msnbc. you do not want to miss that. thank you for joining us. make sure to catch me tomorrow night, nine eastern, on msnbc.
and i spoke to the dispatcher. and i said, what happened? i got a call from the convenience store owner in teaneck who was a friend of mine. and he just called me up, got a screaming. and they said, there was a shooting. you know, teaneck police just shot somebody. they shot a young kid. they shot a black head. in teaneck, a white cop shot a black kid? i can t believe it! it s not supposed to happen. michelle major the director of model america will join me after the break. e break. in order to thrive in an ever-changing market. the right relationship with a bank who understands your industry, as well as the local markets where you do business,
interview more of his friends and family, and many of them said no, it was to still right there, and they just, they wouldn t be able to talk about it. and it seems like the sad thing, michelle, is that the story really, is not in the past. this is something we re still seeing happening on a regular basis. has anything changed, in terms of awareness. i mean, you alluded to the fact that perhaps, not with technology and cell phones we are seeing the same things that are happening in the 90s, in places like teaneck and elsewhere. oh, well, absolutely. things are changing. things are, we hope, moving in the right direction. and we hope they will continue to move in the right direction. but this is why we tell stories like this, so that people, they can stay in the public mind, and then, everyone will feel that it s their obligation to be a part of the solution. and i could just ask really