Documentary Gullah Film Fest
Hosted by Dr. Emory S. Campbell
God’s Gonna Trouble the Water
Narrator Ruby Dee relates the little-known history of the ancestors of African-American slaves who settled in the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. Scholars and locals recount the history of the Gullah people, and discuss the influences of praise houses, West African songs and dances, and the Gullah language on African-American customs and lifestyle. The history of the Gullah people — descendants of West African slaves who formed a culture distinctly their own in the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia. They continue to practice their dialect, diet, religion, music, arts and ethnicity today in Beaufort County.
Admission – Donation – Coligny Theater, Coligny Plaza. Monday, February 11, 7 p.m
For more information about the Gullah Celebration, please visit their website.