Event Details
Event Title Diaspora Film Festival Kickoff Screening Event
Location Varsity Theater
Sponsor Sonja H Stone Center - Stone Center for Black Culture and History
Date/Time 08/29/2022 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
For more information, contact the event administrator: Sheriff Drammeh sheriff7@email.unc.edu
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Join Us for the 2022 Diaspora Film Festival Kickoff Screening Event Featuring UNC-Chapel Hill alum, Resita Cox's Acclaimed Documentary. The film FREEDOM HILL spotlights the oldest town incorporated by freed, formerly enslaved people in the United States.  

Thursday, September 29, 6:00PM at the Varsity Theater , 123 E Franklin Street, Chapel Hill.

FREEDOM HILL
Dir. Resita Cox | USA | 2022 | 30 Min | Doc
Princeville, NC is the first town incorporated by freed, enslaved Africans in America. This historical significance sits on a precipice: it is gradually being washed away.
UNC - Chapel Hill