AMERICAN COUP: WILMINGTON 1898 | Oakland Screening & Conversation
Join us for an exclusive screening of AMERICAN COUP: WILMINGTON 1898, brought to you by Picture Motion, PBS North Carolina, Cinemama, Black Arts Movement Business District (BAMBD), Sarah Webster Fabio Center for Social Justice and Olu8.
SCHEDULE & CHECK-IN DETAILS:
4:45pm Doors Open
5:15pm Film Screening Begins
Fireside Chat to follow the screening, featuring:
Kieran Haile, musician, multimedia producer, game designer, & direct descendant of Alex Manly, an author, newspaper editor, and a central figure in the Wilmington Coup of 1898
**Please note that seating is first come first served until capacity is reached.**
FILM SYNOPSIS:
The film tells the little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city in 1898 — the only coup d’état in the history of the US. Stoking fears of “Negro Rule,” self-described white supremacists used intimidation and violence to destroy Black political and economic power and overthrow Wilmington’s democratically-elected, multi-racial government. Black residents were murdered and thousands were banished. The story of what happened in Wilmington was suppressed for decades until descendants and scholars began to investigate. Today, many of those descendants — Black and white — seek the truth about this intentionally buried history.
Directed by award-winning filmmakers Brad Lichtenstein and Yoruba Richen and executive produced by Cameo George and Rachel Raney as a co-production of PBS North Carolina, American Experience, and 371 Productions.