“Descendant” Film screening and Q&A

October 30 at 6:30pm

Resistance, Resliance, and Survival in Africatown, U.S.A.

The film “Descendant” documents the search for and historic discovery of the Clotilda, the last known ship to arrive in the United States illegally carrying 110 enslaved Africans — 52 years after the importation of enslaved people was declared a federal crime. Descendants of the Clotilda survivors, now predominantly residing in Mobile’s neighboring community of Africatown, fight to preserve their heritage while claiming the power to shape their destinies. 

The screening will be followed by a conversation with “Descendant” co-producer and co-writer Kern Michael Jackson, the African American Studies program director and an Associate Professor of English and Folklorist at the University of South Alabama, Mobile.

Presented by the Department of History, co-sponsored by Office of the Provost; Peace and Conflict Studies; Africana Studies; Environmental Studies; Department of Theatre and Dance.

The Department of History