Tiny Abolitionist Film Festival

68 Main Street,Torrington CT 06790

13 June, 2023

Description

The films, Songs of Slavery and Emancipation and His Truth Is Marching On, explore abolition, equality, music, and American history. The event will include speakers on Torrington’s abolitionist history, live music, and more. Filmmaker, Mat Callahan, will be en-route from Boston to Upstate NY on a screening tour for his film and has agreed to stop in Torrington for a tiny pit stop. Callahan recently completed a book, film, and CD collection, Songs of Slavery and Emancipation, working with the University of Mississippi Press and Jalopy Records in New York City. In addition to the two films, we’ll also feature two famous historians, Mark McEachern, Executive Director of the Torrington Historical Society, and Dr. Manisha Sinha, the Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut and a leading authority on the history of slavery, abolition, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Dr. Sinha also appears in the film Songs of Slavery and Emancipation. A special VIP event at the Torrington Historical Society will precede the film festival with wine and cheese, speakers, music, and networking. The trailer for Songs of Slavery and EmancipationThe trailer for His Truth is Marching On