Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round

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Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round

2024

1h 29m

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Five Black students rode a segregated carousel in 1960, igniting one of the earliest organized interracial civil rights protest in US history. AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND is the untold story of the Jews they marched with, Nazis they provoked, Congressmen they inspired, and Civil Rights leaders they became.

Ann Hornaday

Washington Post

05/02/2025

3/4

An illuminating chronicle of a germinal moment in civil rights history.

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

Feb 12

A well-put-together telling of a rather obscure story from the civil rights era,

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Sep 15

An illuminating, well-edited and engrossing documentary.

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Coley Gray

Washington City Paper

09/18/2024

Ilana Trachtman's recently released documentary on the Glen Echo desegregation protests takes an edifying turn through an underappreciated local episode in the movement's history.

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Karren LaLonde Alenier

culturevulture.net

06/24/2024

Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round is a film that informs with entertaining creativity.

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Richard Schertzer

Battle Royale With Cheese

05/25/2024

This film proves to be an endearing foray into the racial disparities of the 1960s and gives you a beautiful, yet dark, glimpse into what that time was like for people of color.

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Five Black students rode a segregated carousel in 1960, igniting one of the earliest organized interracial civil rights protest in US history. AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND is the untold story of the Jews they marched with, Nazis they provoked, Congressmen they inspired, and Civil Rights leaders they became.

Director: Ilana Trachtman
Producer: Ilana Trachtman
Production Co: Ruby Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 29m