THE APOLOGY

Better Angels Lavine Fellowship | St. Louis International Film Festival Urban Planning • Social Welfare • Geography • Public Policy • Human Rights • Law • Mental Health • Behavioral Health • Social Justice • Environmental Justice Date of Completion: 2024 | Run Time: 75 minutes​​ | Language: English with Spanish subtitles | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Director: Mimi Chakarova | Producers: Aisha Knowles, Wellington Jackson & Lydia Chávez | Composer: Gavin Templeton | Illustrator: Lola Noguer THE APOLOGY, a feature-length documentary by Mimi Chakarova, investigates an incident in the 1960s in which Alameda County and the City of Hayward dismantled the entire community of Russell City, pushing 1,400 residents out of their homes and off their land – all to claim the 200 acres for an industrial park. Most of the residents ended up in Russell City in the first place because Black and Latino families could not purchase homes or land elsewhere. For them, the unincorporated ar