Santa Cruz Black Film Series: Descendant

Two Showings:
Tuesday • June 18 • Resource Center for Nonviolence • 612 Ocean St • Santa Cruz
AND
Wednesday • June 19  • Capitola Library • 2005 Wharf Rd • Capitola
6:30 PM, doors at 6:00 • FREE • wheelchair accessible

B.L.A.C.K. On Screen is a five-documentary film series focusing on the themes behind our acronym BLACK: Building Legacies of Access in Communities of Kinship.

Descendant is June’s film and it is the final film screening.

Each screening will be followed by a discussion and/or Q&A.

ABOUT THE FILM

Documentary filmmaker Margaret Brown (“The Order of Myths”, “The Great Invisible”) returns to her hometown of Mobile, Alabama to document the search for and historic discovery of The Clotilda, the last known ship to arrive in the United States, illegally carrying enslaved Africans. After a century of secrecy and speculation, the 2019 discovery of the ship turns attention toward the descendant community of Africatown and presents a moving portrait of a community actively grappling with and fighting to preserve their heritage while examining what justice looks like today. Watch the trailer here.
 
Please note that this event WILL take place at the Capitola Branch Library on June 19 even though all branches are closed for the Juneteenth holiday.