Join us for a special virtual screening of Wilmington On Fire and a discussion with Director/Producer Christopher Everett. The film will be available for free streaming from February 21 - 28th. On Thursday, February 25th at 6 pm we will have a film discussion with Director/Producer Christopher Everett.
About the film
"Wilmington on Fire" is a new feature-length documentary that chronicles The Wilmington Massacre of 1898. The Wilmington Massacre of 1898 was a bloody attack on the African-American community by a heavily armed white mob with the support of the North Carolina Democratic Party on November 10, 1898 in the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina. It is considered one of the only successful examples of a violent overthrow of an existing government and left countless numbers of African-Americans dead and exiled from the city. This event was the springboard for the White Supremacy movement and Jim Crow segregation throughout the state of North Carolina and the American South. This incident has been barely mentioned and has been omitted from most history books. It was not until 2006, after the North Carolina General Assembly published a report on it, that the tragedy became known to the general public.
Running Time: 89 minutes
Production Year: 2015
Director/Producer: Christopher Everett
Producer: Blackhouse Publishing
Executive Producer: Pete Chatmon
Associate Producer: Tariq Nasheed
Watch the Movie - Link will be available from Feb. 21 - 28
Link to watch film: https://vimeo.com/182466868
Password: WOFscreener
