The Town of Irondequoit and the Irondequoit Library will host Being Black In America: Screening and Genealogy Presentation, a special double presentation, on Wednesday, February 12, at 6:00 PM in the Broderick Room at the Irondequoit Town Hall.
Our Voices Project is a Rochester-based production company committed to sharing the stories and lived experiences of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people through visual storytelling and truthtelling. They will be screening their film, Being Black in America, an award-winning documentary short film that delves into the diverse experiences and perspectives of Black Americans as they explore the question: What does it mean to you to be Black in America? Storytellers onscreen dive into the complexities of Black identity, representation in film, and the transformative power of understanding our history and ancestry.
Following the film, Walter English, the founder of the Brister English Project, will discuss the challenges, complex emotions and racism involved in making genealogy accessible to Black people. Reclaiming your power through ancestry deeply resonates with his group, whose mission is to connect the descendants of chattel slavery with their ancestors through genealogy with a decolonized lens starting with the 1950’s Jim Crow era to present day.
No registration is necessary to attend this program and we hope you’ll join us if you can.
Published on February 6, 2025.
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