Watch: ‘Breaking the Silence Is a Step’ — Beyond the Lens of ‘Silence in Sikeston’

By Cara Anthony

October 10, 2024

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<br /> <span class="byline">Cara Anthony</span></p> <p>KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony took a reporting trip to the small southeastern Missouri city of Sikeston and heard a mention of its hidden past. That led her on a multiyear reporting journey to explore the connections between a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police killing there — and what they say about the nation’s silencing of racial trauma. Along the way, she learned about her own family’s history with such trauma.</p> <p>This formed the multimedia “Silence in Sikeston” project from KFF Health News, Retro Report, and WORLD as told through a documentary film, educational videos, digital articles, and a limited-series podcast. Hear about Anthony’s journey and join this conversation about the toll of racialized violence on our health and our communities.</p> <p>Explore more of the “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/silence-in-sikeston/">Silence in Sikeston</a>”project:</p> <p><strong>LISTEN:</strong> The limited-series podcast is available on <a href="https://play.prx.org/listen?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wgbh.org%2F7980%2Ffeed-rss.xml">PRX</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/world-channel-presents-silence-in-sikeston/id1764955522">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mWVPLOujnSMyWjroTRB0v?si=yjCtb7GrQqeGuqBpqIrPgg">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-world-channel-presents-sil-212415570/">iHeart</a>, or wherever you get your podcasts.</p> <p><strong>WATCH: </strong>The documentary film “Silence in Sikeston,” a co-production of KFF Health News and <a href="https://retroreport.org/">Retro Report</a>, is now available to stream on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@worldchannel">WORLD’s YouTube channel</a>, <a href="https://worldchannel.org/episode/local-usa-silence-in-sikeston/">WORLDchannel.org</a>, and the <a href="https://www.pbs.org/pbs-app/">PBS app</a>.</p> <p><strong>READ:</strong> KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony wrote an essay about what her reporting for this project helped her learn about her own family’s hidden past.</p> <p>
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