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ACRP Documentary Film Debut

Title:ACRP Documentary Film Debut
Date & Time:Sat Sep 21, 2024 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location:George Washington Masonic Memorial (Map This)
Located near King Street Metro, at King Street and Callahan Drive.
Event Details:The Alexandria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) will debut a documentary film titled Resolved: Never Again that brings a fresh perspective to the history of the United States. In Resolved: Never Again, filmmaker Robin Hamilton explores the port city’s involvement in slavery and the domestic slave trade until the Civil War, an era followed by decades of racial terror when the lynchings of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas took place. The evening opens at 5:30 with a Fundraising Reception, the film begins at 7 p.m. followed by a panel discussion that will end at 8:30 p.m.

The film also captures the impact of the Equal Justice Initiative’s Remembrance Movement on our community from exposing these uncomfortable truths, to honoring the lives and deaths of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas with historic markers, a soil collection and a pilgrimage by nearly 200 community members and high school students to Montgomery, Ala. to deliver the sacred soil to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice.

Interviews with Mayor Justin Wilson, former Police Chief Don Hayes and Sheriff Sean Casey bring out the importance of acknowledging and taking responsibility for the past actions and inactions of their counterparts as we move toward reconciling. Another feature of the film focuses on descendants of Joseph McCoy, and how their family learned about their connection to this history and to Alexandria. Debra White, a spokesperson for the McCoy family, talks about joining Alexandrians to engage with this history to join together for a better future.

See below for details and ticket prices.

Attend the film and panel discussion, doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $10

Meet Robin Hamilton, Founder and Principal of ARound Robin Productions, and many of those who are featured in the film at a Fundraising Reception prior to the debut while enjoying spirits and appetizers, get preferred seating for the screening and panel discussion, as well as a promotional poster signed by Robin Hamilton. Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $100

Experience the Fundraising Reception with those featured in the film and Robin Hamilton, spirits and appetizers, receive a signed promotional poster, preferred seating for the screening and panel discussion, as well as reserved parking near the event entrance. Evening events begin at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $250

The Alexandria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) is a city-wide initiative dedicated to helping Alexandria understand its history of racial terror hate crimes and to work toward creating a welcoming community bound by equity and inclusion. The ACRP is part of the African American History Division.

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Fees:$10 - $250
Audience:Anyone may attend
Tags:Arts, Black History, Black History Museum, Film, Museums, Old & Historic Alexandria


For event details visit http://www.alexandriava.gov/c/57785
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