Film Screening: Cowboys of Color

Name: Film Screening: Cowboys of Color
Start: 2025-02-08T11:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-08T12:00:00-06:00
Location: Opal Lawrence Historical Park

Schedule

Sat Feb 08 2025 at 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Opal Lawrence Historical Park | Mesquite, TX

Historic Mesquite is hosting a screen of Cowboys of Color, followed by a Q&A with the director, Coy Poitier.
About this Event

Historic Mesquite is hosting a screening of the documentary, Cowboys of Color; A Multicultural Legacy Volume 1, which covers the long and important contributions of black cowboys from history to the future. Cowboys of Color won Best Short Documentary- Texas Black Film Festival (2014), Best Texas Film- Texas Film Festival (2014), and Documentary Short Award- Roxbury International Film Festival (2014), as well as being added to the Dallas Public Library's Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division. The film was directed by Coy Poitier, co-directed by Jacolby Percy, and executive produced by Katrina T. Poitier. After the screening, there will be a Q&A with Coy Poitier.