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Whispers from the Water

Sat, Apr 29

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Dodge Performing Arts Center

Join us for a screening of the powerful 2022 Netflix film, “Descendant". The screening will be followed by a panel that will discuss the film.

Whispers from the Water
Whispers from the Water

Time & Location

Apr 29, 2023, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Dodge Performing Arts Center, 47855 College Dr, St Marys City, MD 20686, USA

About The Event

St. Mary's College of Maryland (Student Affairs, African and African Diaspora Studies, and the Center for the Study of Democracy), Historic Sotterley, and Historic St. Mary's City are partnering to present a screening of the powerful 2022 Netflix film, “Descendant,” to our community. The screening will be followed by a panel that will discuss the film, how it showcases previously undiscovered historical findings, as well as the long-lasting negative economic, environmental and social impacts the slave trade continues to have on Africatown and our nation. The panel will feature Jocelyn Davis, a direct descendant of Clotilda survivor Charlie Lewis and lifelong resident of Africatown, as well as Kamau Sadiki who was featured in the documentary for his work as a member of the dive team Divers with a Purpose and who is the President of the National Association of Black Scuba Divers that identified the Clotilda. Joining the panel will…

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