Coastal Companion

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Documentary Gullah Film Fest – Hilton Head, South Carolina

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Hosted by Dr. Emory S. Campbell – Double Feature Finale on Monday, February 18, 2008, 7 p.m.

Remnants of Mitchelville
This documentary film produced by Jimmy Henderson of Columbia, South Carolina, focuses on the history and legacy of Mitchelville. Henderson tells through a variety of visual formats film, video tape, newspapers, photographs, and memorabilia…” At its peak, Mitchelville, South Carolina, one of the first settlements for freed men in the United States, was a bustling, energetic beach township, boasting almost 1500 residents.

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Documentary Gullah Film Fest – Hilton Head, South Carolina

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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.

Arts, Crafts & Food Expo – Hilton Head, South Carolina

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The two-day Arts, Crafts and Food Expo offers cultural demonstrations, i.e., sweet grass basket weaving, indigo dyeing and fishnet weaving, authentic Gullah and African crafts, as well as an offering of traditional Gullah foods and musical entertainment. There are also more than 50 vendors on hand selling authentic Gullah crafts and food, a Kiddie Land activities for children, teen activities, and staged performances every half hour. This year’s performances will include McIntosh County Shouters, Willie Cohen, Bill Dupont, Ayolema African Dance Theater, Louise Cohen, Barbara Patterson, and The Voices of El Shaddai.
Admission – Adults $10.00/Children $5.00
Historic Honey Horn, 100 William Hilton Parkway (intersection of Cross Island Parkway & 278)
Saturday, February 16, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, February 17, Noon – 5 p.m.
For more information visit the Gullah Celebration website.

Gullah-Geechee Documentary – Hilton Head, South Carolina

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The Will to Survive: The Story of the Gullah-Geechee Nation
Narrated by Harry Lennix, star of ABC’s “Commander in Chief,” the hour-long documentary of these slave descendants gives us a glimpse of what have been described as the most authentic African-American communities in the United States. The documentary was filmed on Sapelo Island, 16,000 acres of land located 60 miles off the coast of Savannah, Georgia and chronicles the struggles and triumphs of the Gullah and Geechee people, who were first brought from Africa to isolated islands near Georgia, U.S.A.

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De Aarts Ob We People XI Art Exhibition and Sale – Hilton Head, South Carolina

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This month long art exhibit kicks off the Celebration with an opening reception on Friday, February 1, 6- 8 p.m.featuring a live auction and boasts a diverse display of original paintings, woodcarvings, burnt woodcraft, sweet grass baskets and sculpture by contemporary and emerging artists from the Low Country.
Opening Reception with Live Auction – $10 Donation Requested
Regular Exhibit Hours, Feb. 2 – Feb. 29, Mon. – Sat., 10 a.m., – 4 p.m.
Walter Greer Gallery, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head, SC