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iLens – They Are We

Posted by on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 in Activities Everyone.

They Are We
Wednesday, April 6
Presented by Gregory Melchor-Barz, Professor of Ethnomusicology and Faculty Head of North House.
Cuba/Sierra Leone/Liberia/Australia (2012) Dir: Emma Christopher.

 

Can a family separated by the transatlantic slave trade for 170 years use music and dance to find their way back to each other? This is the story of survival against the odds and how determination and shared humanity can triumph over the bleakest of histories. Multiple languages with English subtitles. Unrated.77 minutes. DVD. Presented in collaboration with North House, The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons.

 

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