The Owensboro Community Remembrance Project and the Owensboro NAACP are hosting a four-part film festival to celebrate Black History Month. The next movie, “Descendant,” is being shown tonight.
The first film, “Stamped from the Beginning,” was shown on February 4. The remaining movie nights include:
“Descendant” — 6 p.m. on February 11 at H.L. Neblett Community Center
This is a 2022 American historical documentary film directed by Margaret Brown that premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The film tells the story of descendants of enslaved Africans on an illegal slave ship that arrived in Alabama in 1860. The people seek justice and healing when the remains of the craft are discovered.
“A Fine Remembrance” and “Ghosts of a Lost Cause” — 6 p.m. on February 18 at Owensboro Community & Technical College Humanities Building
This double feature will tell two Kentucky stories — the life of Owensboro-born photographer Moneta Sleet, Jr. in the locally-driven “A Fine Remembrance,” followed by the Murray, Kentucky, community’s effort to remove its Confederate monument in “Ghosts of a Lost Cause.” A conversation with the filmmakers will follow.
“By Parties Unknown” — 6 p.m. on February 25 at Brescia University Duffy Auditorium
This film explores the story of the violent lynching of four Black men in Russellville, Kentucky, in 1908. It also highlights the events and the cultural climate surrounding the lynching through the perspective of a community scholar who seeks to chronicle and share the story for present and future generations.
