Documentary Premiere-Slave Routes: Resistance, Abolition and Creative Progress

Slave Routes: Resistance, Abolition and Creative Progress

A Documentary
Directed by Jayne Cortez
Produced by Manthia Diawara
Edited by Nathaniel C. Phillips
100 minutes/color/2009

Slave Routes: Resistance, Abolition and Creative Progress was an international symposium held at New York University from October 9-11, 2008, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade by the United States of America. Distinguished  scholars,  writers, musicians, visual artists, and organizers from the international community convened at NYU to discuss slavery, the slave trade and its consequences, in plenary, panels, readings, performances, conversations and film/video screenings. Participants included Maya Angelou, Rex Nettleford, Amiri Baraka, Ali Mazrui, Nicole Lee, Randy Weston and many others. This video documents selected scenes from the symposium.

Friday, October 16th, 2009 - 6:30 p.m.

Cantor Film Center
36 East 8th Street
New York, NY 10003
FREE ADMISSION

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