Maroons Revisited: Akwantu: The Journey

Please note this event will not take place at the Schomburg Center. It will be held at NYPL's 42nd Street location, the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 5th Avenue at 42nd Street, New York.

Director Roy T. Anderson will present his documentary Akwantu: The Journey, which documents the struggle for freedom of the Maroons of Jamaica who formed communities in some of the most inhospitable regions of the island. Shot in Jamaica, Ghana, Canada and the United States over the course of two years, the film features interviews with renowned scholars, Maroon officials and present day Jamaican residents and weaves Roy's ancestral personal journey from Ghana to Maroon society and North America.

Presented by the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery.

For all media inquiries, please contact Adenike Olanrewaju at adenikeolanrewaju@nypl.org.

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