Fannie Lou Hamer's America: Screening and Panel Discussion

Suffolk University's Ford Hall Forum and Our Bodies Ourselves in partnership with WGBH World and GBH Forum Network present a screening and panel discussion of the documentary Fannie Lou Hamer's America.

Fannie Lou Hamer's America is a portrait of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer and the injustices in America that made her work essential. Working with groups like the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Fannie Lou Hamer devoted herself to fighting for voting rights and Black political representation. Her efforts mobilized thousands of Black people to register to vote. Through public speeches, personal interviews, and powerful songs of the fearless Mississippi sharecropper-turned human rights activist, the film explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders.

After the screening, there will be a talkback with the film’s director and editor, Joy Davenport; Monica Land, executive producer and niece of Fannie Lou Hamer; and Kate Clifford Larson, bestselling author of the critically acclaimed biography Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer. The evening moderator is Thato R. Mwosa, an award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, playwright, and illustrator.

This event is in person and virtual. 

In person location:

Suffolk University's Modern Theatre, 525 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts

Admission is FREE. Tickets are required.

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