Watch: ‘Breaking the silence is one step’: beyond the lens of ‘Silence in Sikeston’

By Cara Antonio

October 10, 2024

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<br /> <span class="byline">Cara Antonio</span></p> <p>KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony took a reporting trip to the small southeast Missouri town of Sikeston and heard mention of its hidden past. That led her on a multi-year reporting journey to explore the connections between a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police killing there, and what they say about the silencing of racial trauma in the nation. Along the way, she learned her own family’s history with that trauma.</p> <p>This formed the “Silence in Sikeston” multimedia project from KFF Health News, Retro Report and WORLD, told through a documentary film, educational videos, digital articles and a limited series podcast. Listen to 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 “Silence in Sikeston” project:</p> <p><strong>HEAR:</strong> The limited series podcast is available on PRX, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, or wherever you get your podcasts.</p> <p><strong>LOOK: </strong>The documentary “Silence in Sikeston,” a co-production of KFF Health News and Retro Report, is now available to stream on WORLD’s YouTube channel, WORLDchannel.org and on the PBS app.</p> <p><strong>READ:</strong> KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony wrote an essay about how her reporting for this project helped her learn about her own family’s hidden past.</p> <p>
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