Name: We Were Here
Start: 2026-02-19T19:00:00-06:00
Location: 401 Joe Routt Blvd, College Station, TX 77840, United States

We Were Here – The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe, exhibited at the Central Pavilion of the 60ᵗʰ International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale and presented as an Official Submission to the 98th Academy Awards® 2026 – Best Documentary Feature, also submitted to the 56th NAACP Image Awards® 2026, sheds light on the overlooked presence of African and Black individuals in Renaissance Europe, highlighting their depiction in masterpieces by some of the era’s most celebrated artists. How did they come to Europe? Why were they portrayed? Were they truly all servants or enslaved? If the Black faces depicted in these Renaissance masterpieces could speak, what would they tell us?
Director Fred Kudjo Kuwornu will be present for a Q&A session.
This event was cosponsored by The Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research and Race & Ethnic Studies Institute.
Free Tickets available at https://boxoffice.tamu.edu
More Info: https://www.wewereherethefilm.com & Trailer