Award-Winning MN African American History Film Announces Fall 2024 Tour

Saint Paul, MN – “Best Short Documentary” (Santa Barbara International Movie Awards) and “Best Producer” (Hollywood Discovery Awards) film, Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery: MN African American History, announces a 5-city tour happening this Fall.

About the Film

This documentary challenges our understanding of slavery, its impact on Minnesota, and how we reconcile our past by taking viewers on a present-day journey to Ghana, to the quarters of Harriet and Dred Scott at Fort Snelling, and into conversations with current and future scholars about where we go from here.

Co-produced by: OMG Studios and Minnesota Humanities Center Featuring: King Odeneho Kwafo Akoto, III & Queen Mother Nana Afrakoma, II (Akwamu Traditional Area, Ghana, AF); Melvin Carter, III (Mayor, St. Paul); Kevin Lindsey (CEO, Minnesota Humanities Center); Dr. Christopher Lehman (Ethnic Studies Chair, Ethnic, Gender, and Women’s Studies, St. Cloud State University); T. Mychael Rambo; Thomasina Petrus; and Voices from Black Youth Healing Arts Center

Tour Dates

10/12 – North Minneapolis (Twin Cities Black Film Festival) 10/19 – Waite Park*
10/20 – St. Louis Park (Twin Cities Film Festival)
10/26 – Rochester*

11/9 – Duluth*
*FREE ADMISSION thanks to support from Minnesota Humanities Center and features a

post-screening discussion with appearances by those featured in the film. Reserve tickets: https://omgmediasolutions.com/reckoning-with-slavery-film-tour/

About Minnesota Humanities Center
The Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) collaborates with individuals, organizations, and communities to bring transformational humanities programming into the lives of Minnesotans throughout the state.