Name: God’s Trombones
Start: 2022-06-03T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-06-04T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Hayti Heritage Center

God’s Trombones

Hayti, under the guidance of the St. Joseph's Historic Foundation, presents this signature event each year in an effort to keep Black film alive.  New and veteran artists screen their films before an enthusiastic crowd of film enthusiasts while vendors provide great food, beverages, arts and crafts. The Center preserves and advances the heritage and culture of historic Hayti and the African American experience through programs that benefit the broader community locally, nationally and globally.  Hayti Heritage Film Festival is one of those program and helpspreserve the heritage and embrace the experienceof Black film and more for the Durham and surrounding communities.

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Experience a performance of God’s Trombones, a multimedia work featuring songs, sermons, and the art of Aaron Douglas. This production by OnQ Productions (Charlotte, NC) uses the text of James Weldon Johnson’s 1927 work God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse, digital projections of Aaron Douglas’s original illustrations for the Johnson work (currently on view at the Ackland), and a variety of gospel songs and spirituals arranged by Billboard History Maker, Dennis Reed Jr of Dennis Reed &amp; GAP. Two ticketed performances will be held at the Hayti Heritage Center, a cultural arts and arts education venue housed in the historic St. Joseph’s AME Church in Durham.Cohosted by the Ackland Art Museum and the Hayti Heritage Center

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