June 2023

The Juneteenth Story From Galveston, Texas to Minnesota, is a six-episode docufilm, filmed on the Island of Galveston and in Saint Paul, Minnesota, telling the story of Juneteenth, where it originated, from historians and descendants of enslaved persons transported to the Island during the transatlantic slave trade between 1816 and 1836. The story connects the significance of making Juneteenth a state holiday in Minnesota. The six- episode docufilm will be edited to a 30-minute film for television and streamingbroadcastsand made available tocommunity organizations to host pre-release screenings the week of June 12th. The film will air on SPNN and SpeakMPLS locally at 9:00am on June 19th and in Houston and Galveston, Texas (see local listings.) The full episodic docufilm will be available online at kzmohd.com on June 19th.