Journeys in the Light shows how present-day Cape Codders and their ancestors struggled to bring to reality the promise of America that was set down on a ship in Cape Cod Bay in 1620: “just and equal laws for the general good.” The film’s title takes inspiration from a quote from Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.” View the trailer here.
Organized into fifteen short chapters, the film moves from early segments like “Pilgrims and People of the First Light” through “The Road to Freedom” and “Journeys to the North” and on to “Fighting for Civil Rights” and “Moving Communities Forward.” The stories are brought to life by the artwork of Pamela Chatterton-Purdy (see below), Carl Lopes (see cover art), Robin Joyce Miller, and other artists working on Cape Cod. Their spectacular work can be viewed at the Zion Union Heritage Museum in Hyannis, MA.
While addressing frankly such little-known facts as the existence of slavery on Cape Cod during the Colonial Period, the documentary highlights the courageous individuals who led the fight for freedom, strove for education and economic progress, transformed oppression into brilliant forms of creative expression, served the country in every war, and came to excel in sports, entrepreneurship, teaching, the arts, community service, and various other professions on Cape Cod and around the country.
The film was researched, narrated, filmed, and directed by Janet Murphy Robertson and produced in collaboration with John L. Reed, Executive Director of Zion Union Heritage Museum, Hyannis, MA.
Our earlier documentary, Icons of the Civil Rights Movement, is based on the stunning art and historical exhibition by this name. For more about these two documentaries, please click here: More
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