Ethnic Studies Sponsored Events
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Film Screening: The Bell Affair
Special guest: Dr. Kwakiutl Dreher, film director
Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Sykes Theatre
The Bell Affair is an animating film about an historical event, in which Daniel and Mary Bell, living in Washington, DC, sued for their freedom from slavery and won. After the slaveholder threatened to re-enslave Mary and their children, they participated in one of the largest escape attempts in American history, setting off for freedom to Philadelphia on a schooner called The Pearl.
Reception with director, Dr. Kwakiutl Dreher, to follow film in Sykes 252.
From the Director's Chair: The Making of The Bell Affair
with Dr. Kwakiutl L. Dreher
Wednesday, February 22 | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Sykes Student Union 252
Dr. Kwakiutl L. Dreher, a director, producer, and writer of The Bell Affair (http://animatinghistory.com/bellaffair/), and Associate Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Dreher is a screenwriter, actor, director, playwright, and author. A native of South Carolina, she writes about African American literature, film, visual, and popular culture. She is the author of Dancing on the White Page: Black Women Entertainers Writing Autobiography (SUNY Press) and numerous articles and essays.
Each of these events are free and open to the public.
The Bell Affair events are made possible with funding and support from the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the co-sponsorship by the African American Studies Program, African & African American Literature Program, Dowdy Multicultural Center, Frederick Douglass Institute, Sociology Club.