She Was There

Free with RSVP • Capacity limited to 75

Curated by the Roxbury International Film Festival, this program connects two extraordinary women across centuries:

• Elizabeth Freeman (Mumbet), who bravely sued for—and won—her freedom in 1781, helping to end slavery in Massachusetts.

• Fannie Lou Hamer, a force of the Civil Rights Movement whose moral courage reshaped voting rights advocacy in the 1960s.

Following the screening, journalist Tina Martin McDuffie moderates a conversation with:

• Joy Elaine Davenport, filmmaker

• Dr. Noelle N. Trent, CEO/President, Museum of African American History

• Kyera Singleton, Executive Director, Royall House & Slave Quarters

Guests are invited to explore the West End Museum’s permanent exhibition Rise, Fall, Rebirth: Stories of the West End, including interactive biographies of Black women abolitionists and a neighborhood Black History scavenger hunt.

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This program is presented in partnership by Boston Lyric Opera, Castle of our Skins, Everyone250, MA250, Museum of African American History, Roxbury International Film Festival, and West End Museum.