The Reconstruction Report

Stories the Lost Cause doesn't want you to know.

Format
Audiovisual
Type
Social Media
Year
2025
The Reconstruction Report

What It Is

Short, social-media-format video series featuring Civil War stories that contradict Lost Cause narratives.

Objective

  1. Make the Civil War compelling for young adults who’ve had little to no exposure to it.
  2. Counter institutional efforts to censor, suppress, or obfuscate stories about the Civil War to align with a particular social or political agenda.
  3. Spark viewers' curiosity, encouraging them to seek out deeper knowledge.

Approach

  • Meet the audience where they are.
    • Style - Adapting the content to modern format, incorporating contemporary aesthetics.
    • Distribution - Post to social media platforms.
  • Work within the constraints. Duration max 1:30 cap

Reconstruction Report Series

Combahee River Raid pt1
Combahee River Raid pt2
Robert Smalls