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EXPANDING THE NARRATIVE
Centering Black Music at Colonial Williamsburg Now available on YouTube Learn about the lives and music of 18th-century Williamsburg’s enslaved Black residents through performances and interviews with Colonial Williamsburg historical interpreters. Actor Jamar Jones and musician Dylan Pritchett will appear live to answer your questions near the conclusion of the broadcast. |
Heritage Film Project + Early Music Access Project
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BLACK FIDDLERS
A documentary film by Eduardo Montes-Bradley
announce
BLACK FIDDLERS
A documentary film by Eduardo Montes-Bradley
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Early Music Access Project and Heritage Film Project are pleased to announce the immediate commencement of production of Black Fiddlers, an hour-long documentary directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley and based on the research of David McCormick and Loren Ludwig. Major funding for this film has been provided by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
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Early Music Access Project believes that Black Lives Matter and we humbly acknowledge our responsibility to take action where we can. To that end, we commit to honoring and shining a light on the work of Black artists. The Jefferson Project, our multi-year look at Monticello’s musical culture, brings together Black performers, composers, and scholars to tell the story of Monticello’s extraordinary enslaved musicians who made an enormous impact in spite of being held in bondage. We are actively looking for ways to better engage our community as we tell this story, which must include an unvarnished look at the horrors of slavery and the unfathomable challenges faced by Virginia’s Black musicians during this time. We recognize that this one project must only be the beginning of our work, a small part of our country’s long journey towards full equity and representation.
The 2020-2021 season is sponsored in part by grants from The Rea Charitable Trust and the Community Emergency Response Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
