Mende Cultural Arts Film Festival lst Thursdays April 4th MLK, Jr

Thu Apr 04 2024 at 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Cynthia Graham Hurd/St Andrews Library | Charleston

Gullah Geechee Group Inc.
Publisher/HostGullah Geechee Group Inc.
Mende Cultural Arts Film Festival  lst Thursdays April 4th MLK, Jr
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M-CAFF 4-4-24 commemorates MLK, Jr. Martyrdom screening "Family Across the Sea" and discussing Sierra Leone -Africa Motherland for SC and GA
About this Event

M-CAFF's feature film "Family Across the Sea" 1990 tells the story of an African Americans trip to Sierra Leone where enslaved rice planters came from hundreds of years ago. The lead traveler, Mr. Emory Campbell, Penn Center Executive Director Emeritus, will lead a discussion as the first Chairman of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission created by Congressman James Clyburn's National Heritage Area legislation in 2006.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Cynthia Graham Hurd/St Andrews Library, 1735 North Woodmere Drive, Charleston, United States

Tickets

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