Divisible is an educational documentary film focusing on the history and current impacts of redlining in the United States. This feature film highlights the specific case of Omaha, Nebraska to illustrate how redlining continually affects and harms people nationwide today across multiple issue areas.
Told through a combination of expert and personal interviews, Divisible provides a detailed look into redlining: what happened, where it came from, who was involved, how it supposedly “ended”, and why anti-discrimination laws have not truly ended the practice of redlining or its impact. Divisible also explores how redlining continues to affect the following issues today: white privilege, housing, health, education, economics, the highway system, and the criminal justice system.
The film begins with a brief and engaging overview of relevant historical information, followed by a series of character vignettes that focus on the impact of redlining on the aforementioned issue areas today. In doing so, Divisible creates through lines from past discriminatory practices to our current landscape of systemic racism and oppression.