let's meet our first panel, dominique jackson, from "pose." she's a model and author. alfonso david, and ebony bell. glad to have all of you with us. dominique, i love your take on the two movements merging so tangibly and suddenly. why now? >> it's extremely important for this to happen right now, because we have a lot of black trans women being murdered. 60 to 70 to 80 brutal, horrible murders. we as trans people rally with everyone. and we are always there with black lives matter. from most of the murders that have happened, i've known my sisters to go out and rally. and while we're rallying, we're also being targeted. we stand up for people that won't stand up for us. for us to come together, it means we're really seeing that it's about equality for all. not just for everyone else to get a pass or to get the privilege that others have. >> alfonso, this is not the first time that there has been visible overlap between these movements. how did we get to where we are right now in 2020? >> well, as we think about 2020, we are seeing this country at an inflection point.

dominique alexander, a 27-year-old black man who was found hanged in a manhattan park two weeks ago. the local medical examiner's office ruled the cause of his death suicide. and in texas, congressmember sheila jackson of houston is calling for an investigation after two recent hangings. last week, police found a 17-year-old black boy hanging from a tree in an elementary school playground in spring, texas. earlier that week, a latinx man was found hanged in houston. this all comes as a noose was found in the garage stall of bubba wallace, the only african-american driver in nascar's elite cup series. wallace recently led a successful campaign to get nascar to ban displays of confederate flags from its events. well, for more on this topic we are going to durham, north carolina, to speak with jacqueline olive. she is the director of a film called "always in season," a devastating documentary that examines the history of lynchings in the united states through the story of lennon lacy, an african american teenager who was found hangeged from a swingset in 2014. his mother claudia lacy believes he was lynched. "always in season" premiered at the sundance fililm festival in 2019. well, we're going to go t