The tragic story of a black teenager from North Carolina will be featured during this year鈥檚 in Utah. It's called
Lennon Lacy was discovered hanging from a swing set in the Town of Bladenboro, in Bladen County in 2014. A belt was tied around his neck.
鈥淚 have a man hanging from a swing set, Bladen Rental Properties, Highway 211. I am going to throw up. Oh God!鈥� said a caller in a the 911 recording. Lacy was 17.
Lacy's mother Claudia Lacy has never believed her son committed suicide. She says he was murdered, lynched.
鈥淲ith the things that they said happened and went on, that鈥檚 not real, it鈥檚 not true. I asked them to prove it to me, show me the evidence that determined the case is what you say it is," said Claudia Lacy. "And to this day, they haven鈥檛 done it. I asked them to reenact it, they didn鈥檛.鈥�
A few months after Lennon Lacy鈥檚 death, the Rev. William Barber led a rally in support of a complete police investigation.
鈥淲e want you to hear his name, in your sleep! While you鈥檙e driving! Lennon Lacy! Lennon Lacy!" Barber said.
The film, 鈥淎lways in Season,鈥� was directed and produced by Jacqueline Olive. It connects the racial terror of lynchings that took place in the early 20th century to the racial violence of today.
Claudia Lacy says she is glad the world will finally learn about the death or her son.
鈥淗ow does it make me feel? It鈥檚 time. It鈥檚 high time. It鈥檚 been overdue,鈥� said Claudia Lacy.
鈥淎lways in Season鈥� will be shown this weekend and several times next week at Sundance in Park City, Utah. Claudia Lacy will be there.
