Before Rosewood. Before Tulsa. There was Wilmington.

Speller Street Films L.L.C. will host a public screening of Wilmington on Fire at Christ Village Conference Center in Fayetteville, NC on October 15, 2016 at 7:00pm. Wilmington on Fire is a feature-length documentary about the 1898 massacre in Wilmington, NC. Following the screening, the director and cast members will share their experiences on making the film and discuss their perspective on the 1898 massacre and its impact today.

The film debut in Fayetteville, NC salutes author, political activist, and Fayetteville native Charles W. Chesnutt, who documented eyewitness accounts from his own family and created a fictional novel based on the 1898 massacre called The Marrow of Tradition which was published in 1901.

Wilmington on Fire chronicles the bloody attack on the African-American community by a heavily armed white mob on November 10, 1898 in the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina. It is considered one of the only successful examples of a coup d'état in the United States that left countless numbers of African-American citizens dead and exiled from the city. This event was the springboard for the white supremacy movement and Jim Crow segregation throughout the state of North Carolina and the American South.

Wilmington on Fire will screen on October 15, 2016 at Christ Village Conference Center, 3415 Green Valley Rd, Fayetteville, NC 28311. Doors open at 6:30pm. The film starts promptly at 7:00pm. Tickets are $15 at the door, $10 if purchased in advance at www.fayettevillewof.eventbrite.com.

For more information, contact Speller Street Films L.L.C. at (910) 280-3914 or spellerstreetfilms@gmail.com.