Some family secrets are bigger than others. When Alice Brewton Hurwitz decides to look into the turn-of-the-century murder of her great-great Aunt Lillie, all she knows is that Lillie was brutally assaulted and killed in 1908. She quickly learns that the accused assailant was an African-American man named Leander Shaw, who was lynched by an angry mob in the town square following his arrest. While interviewing an elderly relative about Lillie's murder, Alice learns that her ancestors were so incensed by the crime that they may have perpetrated years of revenge in the form of hundreds of racially charged murders. Despite pressure from her family and members of the local community, Alice decides that she cannot stay silent and begins a search for answers-and, hopefully, justice. As she investigates clues that will help her unravel this gruesome family secret, she eventually finds herself in the middle of an Assistant State Attorney's search for human remains. Alice's actions ignite a maelstrom of controversy in her small hometown, whose history has been carefully painted and somewhat romanticized to appeal to modern-day tourists. Alice's emotional journey is adeptly captured by filmmaker Jeffrey Morgan in his feature directorial debut. Morgan presents a portrait of a community struggling to reconcile a violently racist past that most wish would stay buried. The result is Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence, an important and urgent story buried in the fabric of our cultural landscape. Copresented with Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.