Undoing 2007; Preparing for 2038

Thursday 20 March

Portrait, Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman. Photo © Ajamu

How did transatlantic slavery end? What is our memory of how we got free—if we got free?

 

Curated by historian of abolitionist ideas, Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman, this unique programme of short films showcases highlights from the University of Birmingham’s groundbreaking conference, last year, Undoing 2007; Preparing for 2038.

Challenging familiar, but misleading, narratives of ‘abolition’, the rigorous presentations and surprising conversations archived in these fifteen short films consider how communities can commemorate freedom-fighting, resistance, and abolition by harnessing reparative histories

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