Join us for this month’s Reel Talk film screening, Africans on the Mississippi: Cuttin’ Cane directed by CFreedom. Cuttin’ Cane is an award-winning short film about Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Donaldsonville is one of the numerous communities created by the plantation system which flourished along the Mississippi River. The plantations are long gone but the descendants remain with fascinating stories to tell. Stay for the talk back featuring:

Spencer Howard (Writer, Executive Producer)

Darryl Hambrick (Executive Producer, Co-Founder of River Road African American Museum, Historian)