Join OMG Studios and MN Humanities Center at the Twin Cities Black Film Festival for a special screening of Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery: MN African American History film screening on Sunday, October 20th at 1:00pm, at Marcus West End Theatres, located at 1625 West End Blvd., St. Louis Park, MN 55416 (952) 646-5530.
Co-produced by OMG Studios and the Minnesota Humanities Center, 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, and into conversations with current and future scholars. Featuring Akwamu Traditional Area’s King Odeneho Kwafo Akoto, III and Queen Mother Nana Afrakoma, II, of West Africa, Ghana, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter III, MN Humanities CEO Kevin Lindsey, St. Cloud State University American Studies Chair and Minnesota Book Award Winner Dr. Christopher Lehman, and Minnesota creative treasures T. Mychael Rambo, Thomasina Petrus and concluding with voices of the Black Youth Healing Arts Center (BYHAC).
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Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery: MN African American History Film Tour
