Murder in a Sundown Town & The Reckoning Decades Later
Synopsis
The Girl in the Yellow Scarf Documentary takes you beyond the headlines of the Civil Rights murder mystery that unfolded on the main thoroughfare in Martinsville, Indiana in 1968.
For more than 50-years the stabbing death of 21-year old Carol Jenkins has impacted the lives of African Americans and Indiana University students in Central Indiana. At the same time the City of Martinsville has struggled to change its national reputation as a racist former Sundown Town.
For 33-years Carol's case went unsolved until a series of reports by Investigative Reporter, Sandra Chapman prompted a woman to come forward with a stunning secret. She told Chapman: "If the girl had a yellow scarf and was killed with a screwdriver my father could be the killer." It was a story she also relayed to police.
But the arrest of Kenneth Richmond, failed to bring full justice to Carol's family or to remove the stain on Martinsville.
Then in 2017, in the wake of a nation's unrest, both the rural communities where Carol lived and died faced a reckoning with race relations. The outcome now: an emerging legacy of hope for Carol Jenkins.
This compelling, historical account builds on Chapman's years of investigative work, and the recollections and of exclusive key witnesses all as the U.S. Department of Justice tries once more to bring complete justice to Carol's case.
Director & Crew
Produced and Directed by Indiana Hall of Fame and Award-Winning Investigative Journalist Sandra Chapman, who covered and lived the story for two decades - gaining exclusive access to witnesses, investigatory files and reports.
The team is comprised of award-winning creatives boasting decades of experience from script-to screen:
- Jeffrey Reid -Former CNN Documentary Producer and NAACP Image Award Winner and Hall of Fame Inductee NATAS Southeast Region
- David Brooks - Award-Winning Investigative Editor/Photographer
- Mario Eugene Page - Award-Winning Cinematographer
- Saddam Al-Zubaidi - Award Winning Features Photographer
SCREENING EVENTS
INDY FILM FEST SCREENINGS:
Sunday May 5, 2024 12:30pm
Friday April 26, 2024 5:45pm
KanKan Cinema, Indianapolis
Saturday April 27, 2024 10:15am
The Living Room Theaters, Indianapolis
Monday, March 18, 2024 7pm
IU Cinema Bloomington
Sponsored by the IU Media School, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Tau Chapter, the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center and NABJ-IU
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 6:00pm
Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
Sponsored by the Hub for Black Affairs and Community Engagement
at Butler University
Thursday September 28, 2023 7:30pm
The Living Room Theaters (Bottleworks District) Indianapolis
Saturday September 23, 2023 7pm
Princess Theater Rushville, Indiana
Thursday September 21, 2023 7:30pm
The KanKan Cinema and Brasserie, Indianapolis