As part of the Library's ongoing Democracy Docs series with the Bertelsmann Foundation\, join us for the world premi ere of their newest documentary focusing on DC's own Barry Farm neighborho od. Following a screening of the film\, directors Sabhiya Price and Sam Ge orge for a panel discussion of the film and this iconic neighborhood. Imag es from the Library's People's Archive are featured in the film.
\nA bout the film:
\nTake a left off of the Anacostia Freeway on to Firt h Sterling Ave &ndash\; what do you see? You see empty fields. You see shi ny new buildings just breaking ground. Construction equipment. Sweeping vi ews of the capital. \; As one community member states in this film\, i f you are a developer\, you see a gold mine.
\nBut these empty field s hold powerful memories. Enslaved people once worked this land. Later\, d uring Reconstruction\, the formerly enslaved purchased it\, and built one of DC&rsquo\;s first thriving Black communities.
\nHere\, the city c onstructed a sprawling public housing complex in the 1940s\, beloved by in siders\, if notorious to outsiders. Here\, the movement for Welfare Rights took shape. Here\, the Junkyard Band honed its chops on homemade instrume nts before putting a turbocharge into the city&rsquo\;s Go-Go music. Here\ , residents lived in the Barry Farms Dwellings up until 2018\, when the fi nal community members were removed for the redevelopment.
\nThis doc umentary film\, a collaboration between The Bertelsmann Foundation and the DC Legacy Project\, tells this story\; of a journey for community\, land\ , and for justice. It is a story of Barry Farm\, but it is also a story of Washington\, DC. And\, in the cycles of place and displacement\, it is a story of the United States of America.
\nStay tuned following the fi lm for a community conversation featuring:
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\nSabiyha Prince\, Film Co-Director
\nSamuel George\, Film Co-Director
\n< p>Joseph Eaglin\, Barry Farm Resident\, 1944 - 1951\nStephen Gilber t\, Descendant of Emily Edmonson
\nArlene Horn-Dines\, Barry Farms R esident\, 1956 &ndash\; 1974\, Etta Horn&rsquo\;s Daughter\,
\nAmber N. Wiley\, Historian\, Rutgers University
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