WE WERE HERE Screening and Q&A with Fred Kudjo Kuwornu

Join us for an in-person event in the Moving Image and Recorded Sound (MIRS) Division featuring the powerful screening of WE WERE HERE, followed by an insightful Q&A with the filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwornu!

We Were Here – The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe, exhibited at the Central Pavilion of the 60ᵗʰ International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale and presented as an Official Submission to the 98th Academy Awards® 2026 – Best Documentary Feature, also submitted to the 56th NAACP Image Awards® 2026, sheds light on the overlooked presence of African and Black individuals in Renaissance Europe, highlighting their depiction in masterpieces by some of the era’s most celebrated artists.

How did they come to Europe? Why were they portrayed? Were they truly all servants or enslaved? If the Black faces depicted in these Renaissance masterpieces could speak, what would they tell us?

More Info: https://www.wewereherethefilm.com & Trailer

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Host or Publisher Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture