Architects of Change

Overview

Architects of Change follows politician Keith Young and activist Robert Thomas as they unite for reparative justice in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. The documentary explores their journey from grassroots activism to the passage of Asheville’s historic reparations resolution—the first of its kind in the South—and their subsequent efforts in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to secure an official apology for the 1921 Greenwood Massacre. Through personal struggles, political battles, and community mobilization, the film captures the challenges and triumphs of their fight for restitution, igniting a national conversation on reparative justice.