Join us for a special screening of the fil m in the MLK Library auditorium that will be followed by a panel discussio n featuring makers of the film Andre Chung\, an in-demand news and portrai t photographer who won the 2021 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Dom estic Photography\; West Baltimore filmmaker and journalist Sean Yoes\; an d longtime Chesapeake Bay chronicler Rona Kobell.
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\nErodin g History tells the story of two Black communities on the De al Island Peninsula that are losing their land and their history due to th e intersection of historical racism and modern climate changes. \;Erod ing History is among the few Chesapeake Bay films that center Black commun ities at the forefront of climate change. Black people are often on the lo west land because that was the only land that was available to them. On th e Eastern Shore\, where everything is low\, the lowest spot is a dangerous place. Rising water\, saltwater intrusion\, and marsh migration are endan gering Black land at a rapid pace. That Black filmmakers are telling these stories is important\, and EJJI is proud to provide a platform for tellin g and disseminating these films.
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Director: \;André\; Chung
\nAndré\; Chung\, is an award-winning photojournalist and portrait photographer. He is the recipient of the 2021 Robert F. Kenne dy Journalism Award for Domestic Photography\, and he has also received th e George Polk Award\, and the Sigma Delta Chi award. A longtime award-winn ing photojournalist at The Baltimore Sun for more than a decade\, he was t wice named the Times Mirror Journalist of the Year. Based in the Baltimore /Washington area\, André\; is known for dynamic portraits and decisi ve moments\, with an ability to get to the heart of a story and tell it vi vidly. Recent clients include Apple\, The Washington Post\, NBC News Pictu res\, and The Atlantic. André\; was one of a select group of photojo urnalists chosen in 2009 and 2013 to work on The Official Inaugural Book f or President Barack Obama. André\;&rsquo\;s work is housed in the pe rmanent collections at the History Miami Museum and the Smithsonian Instit ute's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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\n< p>Producer: Sean Yoes\n
Sean Yoes is a proud son of West Baltimor e who has worked in television\, film\, and newspapers during a career in media that has spanned 30 years. He has been honored for his work by Balti more City Paper\, Baltimore Magazine\, The Baltimore Sun\, the Association of Black Media Workers\, the National Newspaper Publishers Association\, and the Maryland\, Delaware\, Washington D.C. Press Association. He is the former Baltimore editor of the AFRO American Newspapers and author of Bal timore After Freddie Gray: Real Stories From One of America's Great Imperi led Cities. Yoes is the host of the new podcast\, Sean Yoes Live From West Baltimore\, and founder of the Leslie Maureen Yoes Institute for Journali sm. His new film\, Disruption: Baltimore&rsquo\;s Highway To Nowhere\, was released in 2022.
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Modera tor: Lisa Goodnight
\nLisa Goodnight is t he Audience Engagement Manager at Nature Forward\, which has the distincti on of being the longest-running\, independent environmental organization i n the Capital Region\; first established in 1897 as the Audubon Society of the District of Columbia. Lisa&rsquo\;s responsibilities include writing\ , researching\, developing outreach strategies\, and creating social media content. Over the course of her career\, she advocated for fairness on be half of women and journalists of color and worked as a freelance writer. H er byline has appeared in Poynter.org\, Black Enterprise\, and The Guardia n. A former newspaper reporter\, Lisa enjoys her family\, long walks in na ture with friends\, al fresco dining\, and stargazing. A graduate the Univ ersity of Maryland\, College Park\, Lisa majored in Journalism and minored in Spanish.
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