The Death of My Two Fathers

5340 North Bristol Street,Tacoma WA 98407

15 February, 2023

Description

THE EVENT: Free film screening and community discussion. THE FILM: The Death of My Two Fathers (TDOMTF) is a courageous exploration of identity, fatherhood, life, and death. The film unpacks the meaning of family, explores race, and how we must all face where we come from for the sake of those who come after us. When William Guy was facing a terminal illness in his early 50s, he decided to dictate his life story to tape as a legacy for his children to know him better. It's taken 20 years for his son Sol to be able to press play and revisit his father's journey as a Black man from Kansas City, Missouri, to Vancouver Island. Sol retraces his own roots between Canada and the US, while reconnecting with his four distant siblings and extended family members. Framed as a heartfelt letter to his teenage children, Sol composes a multi-generational contemplation on race, death, love and the importance of family. Coming to terms with his own history, he recognizes that "what we don't heal, what we don't confront, we pass on." THE SPEAKERS: TBD