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Wilmington on Fire

Hosted by Southern Documentary Fund

Virtual

When

Feb 20, 7:00 PM EST

Price

$5.99 USD per person

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Worldwide

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About the event

Southern Documentary Fund (SDF) champions Southern documentary makers and stories. Inspired by our belief in the power of media to change lives, we provide documentarians with resources, including grants, fiscal sponsorship, and mentorship–all to promote Southern stories and lower barriers for documentary makers and underrepresented voices.

This live event will be followed by a conversation with the filmmaker and SDF Artistic Director, Christopher Everett and Rebecca Trammel, CEO of Catalyst Consulting. For more information about SDF visit: https://southerndocumentaryfund.org/

Event Participants

Rebecca Trammel

CEO, Catalyst Consulting

Christopher Everett

Director, Producer

About the film

Rosewood has long been infamous, but Wilmington came first and was even more devastating in its effects. In 1898, Wilmington was North Carolina's largest city, with a majority black population, a thriving black middle class, and a biracial Republican-Populist fusion government. On November 10, an armed mob of Democrat-backed white supremacists opened fire on African American neighborhoods, slaughtering hundreds and driving thousands out of the city for good.

In a five-year passion project that consumed all his resources, director and producer Christopher Everett amassed rare photographs, original research, and testimonies from historians and descendants of the victims to uncover a shocking event that marked a turning point in the politics of the post-Reconstruction South.

Genre

Documentary

Runtime

1h 29m

Released

2015

Director

Christopher Everett

Executive Producer

Pete Chatmon, David West, Tariq Nasheed

Cast

Larry Reni Thomas, Umar Johnson, Lerae Umfleet, Dr. Lewin Manly, Faye Chaplin, Sandy Darity

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