History Colorado Center

Please join History Colorado’s Blaxplanation and Askkanwii Filmmaking Hub for a day of film, food, and cultural expression as we celebrate Colorado’s own Cameroonian community. Askkanwii Filmmaking Hub is dedicated to telling the stories of the African Diaspora both at home and abroad. This day of events will feature the premiere of their documentary on Cameroon Buy and Sellam, a post-film discussion with the producer and others involved in the film, food catered by a local Cameroonian restaurant, and much…

Blaxplanation will premiere the Colorado screening of a multi-award-winning movie, Gabriel’s Daughter: The Life and Legacy of Clara Brown. Lori Brown Mirabal, Co-Producer, sang the leading role at the historic Central City Opera House, and Movie Director/Co-Producer Sharon Shepard-Levine will participate in a post-film discussion with audience members. At the end of the film and discussion, Shaun Boyd - historian and member of Trinity Methodist Church - will lead a brief tour of Trinity Methodist Church, one of the churches…