Film screening: Underground History

Name: Film screening: Underground History
Start: 2024-10-24T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Eckerd College

Schedule

Thu Oct 24 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Eckerd College | Saint Petersburg, FL

Underground History explores the diverse histories of Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg, from the archeological remnants of ancient Indigenous villages to settlements of freedom seeking people, displaced African American communities and erased cemeteries. Each story reveals a layer of history and how they are connected by colonization, displacement, segregation and social injustice. Join us as we explore the rich layers of history just below our feet.
Underground History poses the question, if a community fully acknowledge its past, can it develop a deeper sense of place and a more equitable future?
This event will screen Underground History, a documentary which explores the connections between St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay’s diverse cultural history and emerging community efforts to acknowledge that past. The community conversation will provide an opportunity for discussion with the filmmakers and project advisors, as well as an exploration of ideas for on-going engagement in community efforts around St. Petersburg’s history, archeology, cultural heritage and social justice.
Presenters:
*Robert Austin, Ph.D., Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological Research and Education, (AWIARE)
*Amanda Hagood, Ph.D., Animal Studies Instructor, Eckerd College
*Antoinette Jackson, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology and Director, Heritage Research Lab, University of South Florida
*Gwendolyn Reese, President, African American Heritage Association
Filmmakers:
*Polita Glynn, Producer/director
*Devin Rice ’86, Cinematographer/Editor/Graphics/ Music composer
Free and open to the public
Location: Miller Auditorium, Eckerd College campus
For campus map and directions, visit eckerd.edu/directions
Part of the College Program Series. Presented by the Eckerd Gulf Scholars Program, Coalition of Students for Indigenous Action, and the Inclusive Excellence in association with Merfolk Media Alliance.