

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: To support the five Howard students arrested for sitting on the gilded horses of a whites-only carousel the summer of 1960, the white community near Glen Echo Amusement Park – many of them Jewish – joined protesting Black students and set up picket lines, creating an unprecedented collaboration. The pickets attracted Nazis, congressmen, and a press avalanche. Picketing together led to partying together and union organizers mentored student activists, ultimately producing ten 1961 Freedom Riders, including Stokely Carmichael, and a Supreme Court case. With never-before-seen footage, and immersive storytelling by Emmy-award winning director Ilana Trachtman, four living protesters rescue this untold story, revealing the price, and the power, of heeding the impulse to activism. The film includes voiceover by noted actors Mandy Patinkin and Jeffrey Wright.

Winner of Best Documentary at the DC Black Film Festival; Building Bridges Award at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival; Women in Film Award at the St. Louis International Film Festival, and Audience Award at the Boston Jewish Film Festival

Special Event begins at 6 p.m. prior to the film.
Join us for a panel featuring civil rights activists, Raoul Cunningham and Marie Abrams.  
Moderated by: Adria Johnson, President &amp; CEO of Metro United Way.

This film is proudly sponsored by: Filson Historical Society

Purchase tickets and learn more at jewishlouisville.org/filmfestival
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/louisville/ain’t-no-back-to-a-merry-go-round/200029619195929
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, festivals, art, theatre, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://jewishlouisville.org/the-j/j-arts-ideas/film-festival/2024-louisville-jewish-film-festival-tickets/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=louisville-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Louisville
- **state**: KY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Filson Historical Society, 1310 S 3rd St, Louisville, KY 40208-2306, United States
- **lat**: 38.23226
- **long**: -85.75958
- **full address**: Filson Historical Society, 1310 S 3rd St, Louisville, KY 40208-2306, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Trager Family JCC (https://allevents.in/org/trager-family-jcc/1801072)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Filson Historical Society, 1310 S 3rd St, Louisville, KY 40208-2306, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Trager Family JCC
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, festivals, art, theatre, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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