In partnership with the Jaffrey-Rindge MLK Committee, the Jaffrey Public Library will be screening the film “Shadows Fall North,” a documentary about recovering African-American history in New Hampshire.
The screening will take place on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jaffrey Public Library and is free and open to the public.
From the film’s press release: How does New Hampshire, a state with the motto “Live Free or Die,” confront and understand its participation in slavery, segregation, and the neglect of African-American history? What happens to our identity as residents of this state and as New Englanders when we begin to acknowledge all of our past? “Shadows Fall North”, a film produced by the University of New Hampshire’s Center for the Humanities in collaboration with Atlantic Media Productions of Portsmouth, will address those questions and more.
The film highlights the stories of individuals who have been rendered nearly invisible – from men, women, and children laid to rest at the African Burying Ground in Portsmouth to the novelist Harriet Wilson to the 20 slaves who petitioned the state legislature for their freedom in 1779, and many more – as well as the women who brought this history to light, historians and activists Valerie Cunningham and JerriAnne Boggis.
For more information on the screening at the Jaffrey Public Library, contact Garrett Brinton at (603)-532-7301.
The Jaffrey-Rindge MLK Committee organizes an annual commemoration, Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr., to bring people together to remember and find inspiration in the life and work of Dr. King on the occasion of the national holiday.
For more information on the Jaffrey-Rindge MLK Committee, contact Peggy Ueda at (603) 562-8464.