About the Film

Die Willie Die is an Award Winning Film that merges visual art, storytelling, and music in a unique way to education and entertain audiences.

Logline:

A father recognizes the multigenerational trauma affecting his life and seeks to kill it at the root to empower his children and the generations to come. 

Synoposis:

Ron’s journey to heal his family starts with learning the process that created it.  Loosely guided by the book The Willie Lynch Letter & The Making of a Slave, he examines the accuracy in the fictional work as it relates to his present reality as an American of African descent.  What he finds is the disturbing fact that many descendants of American slaves suffer from Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, a condition that supports Willie Lynch’s theory of making slaves, enslave themselves.  It has been most “Black” people’s disposition that the “oppressor” or the “system” has been our greatest enemy, when in fact, we have become our biggest foe.

Lack of “self-knowledge” and “power” have slowed “African Americans” growth. 

Many in the “Black” community believe that solution to our problems can be solved mostly by economics.  However, the truth is that our problems start with programming.  We must identify the trauma that has informed our life and kill it at the root so that we can heal.  Willie Lynch’s theory is a ghost that haunts our community. Ron’s plight to kill the ghost and heal the people leads him to traveling various parts of the country to speak with experts, thought leaders, artists, and educators to help the audience begin the healing process. 

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