New documentary places Omaha at the center of discussion on America’s division

When filmmaker Nick Beaulieu set out to make his first documentary, he wanted to understand an apparent contradiction in his hometown — “a tale of two Omahans.”

How, he wondered, could the city bill itself as one of the top middle-class cities in America while Black Omahans continued to face disproportionately bad outcomes?

“It just felt like such a disconnect,” he said. “To me, it was the biggest story in our city.”…

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