Repairing America's Broken Heart
THE INVOICE is a non-fiction video streaming series about the relationship between black and white Americans – the money part.
In eight 45-minute episodes, THE INVOICE presents a detailed look at the American government’s treatment of black Americans, bringing to light information
that has not been widely heard, discussed, or taught in schools. Viewers will gain a clear understanding of how the extraction of black assets, opportunities, health, and dignity became a prevailing
theme of American life.
In this light, reparations are not a gift, but rather a negotiated settlement of a very old debt. Reparations are financial compensation, estimated at
approximately $16 trillion, for the profoundly destructive impact of systemic predation on millions of black Americans.
THE INVOICE enlists historians, educators, and economists to break down this figure, showing how much wealth was extracted from sequentially through
slavery, legal segregation, red lining, mass incarceration, and ongoing discrimination in nearly all areas of life.
THE INVOICE gathers us around a virtual campfire with extraordinary people - scholars, teachers, authors, actors, musicians, and stand-up comics. Every episode
weaves together eight different elements: interview bites, dramatizations, narration, historical images and film, animation, comedy, and music. The goal is to provoke, disarm, entertain, and
inspire viewers.
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