The award-winning documentary “Descendant,” which spotlights the Africatown community founded by survivors of the slave ship Clotilda, is coming to the Carver Theatre in Birmingham Sunday.
The Alabama Sierra Club Foundation will host a free screening of the film on Sunday, March 19. The afternoon will feature appetizers and refreshments along with live jazz music by trumpeter and Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame inductee Daniel Jose Carr.
A panel discussion featuring a question and answer session with the cast of the documentary and direct descendants of the survivors of the Clotilda will follow the screening.Events kick off at 1 p.m. with appetizers and live jazz. The film screening starts at 2 p.m., followed by the panel discussion at 4:00. Admission for the afternoon is free, but registration is
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