St. Philips hosting screening of popular film
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
In conjunction with a/per
ture Cinema, Old Salem's St.
J Philips Heritage Center will
host a screening of the
acclaimed film "12 Years a
Slave" on Wednesday, Nov. 20
> from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at a/per
ture, 311 W. Fourth St. Those
**who wish to attend can pre
purchase tickets at the the
ater's web site, aperturecine
? ma.com; otherwise, tickets, if
some remain, will be available
an hour before showtime at
, ,the box office on Nov. 20.
The movie is based on the
true story of Solomon
-Northup, a free black
Northern man who is abduct
ed and sold into slavery in the
? South. Following the movie, a
Q&A session will be held
with local scholars and histo
? rians, including Dr. Michael
Hartley, director of
Archaeology at Old Salem
Museums & Gardens; Dr.
Donna Benson, professor of
history at Winston-Salem
State University; and Dr.
Anthony Parent, professor of
history and American ethnic
studies at Wake Forest
University.
Set in the pre-Civil War
era, the film stars Chiwetel
Ejiofor as Northup and Brad
Pitt as the Canadian abolition
ist who helps Northup gain his
freedom. Facing cruelty as
well as unexpected kindness;
es, Solomon struggles not
only to stay alive, but to retain
his dignity.
For more information,
contact Old Salem's Cheryl
Harry at 336-721-7399 or
cdharry@oldsalem.org.
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Photo
Benedict
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Chiwetel
Ejiofor in
412 Years a
Slave."
Lecturer to discuss African
' American/Native American ties
. * SPECIAL, TO THE CHRONICLE
i . The Delta Arts Center will sponsor an address by Shonda Buchanan titled
"Black Native Americans in North Carolina" today (Thursday Nov. 14) at 6 p.m.
: iOn Friday Nov. 15 at 1 p.m., she will conduct a talk about "Lakota Quilts & The
Craft of Quilting."
Buchanan is an award-winning poet, fiction writer, creative nonfiction essayist
and editor of "Voices from Leimert Park: A Poetry Anthology." She is an Eloise
Klein-Healy Scholarship
recipient, a Sundance
Institute fellow and a PEN
Center Emerging Voice fel
low.
She has received a grant
from the National
Endowment for the Arts and
several grants from
the Virginia Foundation for
the Humanities. A former
managing editor of Turning
Point Magazine. Buchanan is
an assistant professor in the
Department of English
it Hampton University,
leaching fiction, poetry, nar
rative nonfiction, senior seminar, composition and magazine writing.
She often conducts presentations and panel discussions on the shared heritage
of African Americans and Indigenous Americans. Delta Arts Center is located at
2611 New Walkertown Road. Call 336-722-2625 for more information.
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