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SUMMARY:Virtual Program: Affrilachian Freedom Dreaming: Honoring Dr. Ancella Bickley
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Women’s History Month\, on March 28\, West Virginia University Libraries’ Art in the Libraries will host the first Feminist Activist Artist in Residence Catron Booker for a virtual presentation and viewing of her forthcoming project\, “Affrilachian Freedom Dreaming: Honoring Dr. Ancella Bickley.”\n\n\n\nBooker’s project\, a short film that explores Black resistance through the Dr. Ancella Bickley archives of the West Virginia & Regional History Center’s (WVRHC) West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection (FAC)\, will be the result of the inaugural West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection Artist in Residency (FAIR) program.\n\nAs a Black feminist experimental filmmaker and performance artist\, Booker incorporates Afrofuturism to envision Black liberation.\n\n“The Art in the Libraries committee and the West Virginia & Regional History Center were honored to receive over 50 outstanding submissions for the inaugural Feminist Activist Artist in Residence program\,” Art in the Libraries Curator Sally Brown said. “It was a privilege to select Catron Booker\, whose Affrilachian perspective and deeply thoughtful feminist approach align powerfully with the mission of this residency. We are thrilled to support this groundbreaking project and look forward to the powerful dialogue it will spark around the Feminist Activist Collection.”\n\nAs the culmination of the week-long collaborative pilot residency program\, Booker will discuss her experience as the first FAIR resident\, her process and inspiration for exploring the Dr. Ancella Bickley archives and her resulting artistic product to be created during her residency at the virtual event.\n\nOpen to students\, faculty\, staff and the public\, all those interested must  RSVP to receive zoom information to join us on Friday\, March 28 at 10 a.m.  \n\n \n\n\nRSVP for Event\n\n\n \n\n\nCatron Booker. \nA short experimental film\, Booker’s project intends to honor Bickley’s legacy. A Huntington\, W.Va. native born in 1930\, Bickley is a historian\, educator and author known for preserving and documenting the history of Black communities in West Virginia. Her work emphasized oral histories\, genealogy and the contributions of overlooked Black scholars and activists.\n\nInspired by Bickley’s focus on overlooked “community builders\,” Booker will interweave archival materials with footage of the Ohio River\, a historically significant landmark in Louisville. The project will examine the river as both a visual metaphor and a site of historical continuity. As part of the residency\, Booker’s virtual film screening and community discussion will engage conversation on Bickley’s impact and legacy.\n\nBooker was selected as the 2025 resident for the inaugural FAIR program by the WVU Art in the Libraries Committee in collaboration with WVRHC archivists.\n\nFor more information about Art in the Libraries or FAIR\, visit  exhibits.lib.wvu.edu. To register for the virtual event\, visit  wvu.libcal.com/calendar/events/FAIR.\n\nAbout the West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection Artist in Residency \n\nThe  Art in the Libraries program and the  West Virginia & Regional History Center (WVRHC) at  WVU Libraries launched the inaugural  West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection Artist in Residency (FAIR) to expand the connections between the WVRHC’s  West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection (FAC) and the public.\n\nThis collaborative pilot residency program aims to expand the use of and build upon the archival collection by offering awards to support projects that use the collection in new and creative ways. FAIR supports artists in the creation of artistic works\, small exhibitions\, publications or other creations that imaginatively study\, experiment with and/or build upon the collection materials.\n\n \n\n-WVU Libraries-  \n\nMEDIA CONTACT: Ellis Willard\n\nDirector of Public Relations & Events\n\nWVU Libraries\n\n304-293-0306;  ellis.willard@mail.wvu.edu
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/virtual-program-affrilachian-freedom-dreaming-honoring-dr-ancella-bickley/
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SUMMARY:American Conservation Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:American Conservation Film Festival 2025: Four Unforgettable Days of Inspiring Stories and Impactful Films\n\n \n\nShepherdstown\, WV – The American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF) announces its 2025 Festival\, set to take place March 6 – 9 at Shepherd University’s Frank Arts Center in Shepherdstown\, WV. The festival will showcase 28 inspiring films that share powerful stories of hope and resilience\, highlighting the incredible individuals making a difference for our planet.\n\nThis year’s lineup offers animation\, documentary\, and fictional films ranging from 3 to 90 minutes long. From wolves to fungi\, snowy owls to hummingbirds\, and green burials to re-wilding a historic English estate\, there are topics to fit every interest. All screenings will be presented with open-captioning to ensure accessibility in an atmosphere of shared passion and curiosity. Audiences will have the unique opportunity to connect with more than a dozen filmmakers attending the festival and to hear from scientists including Dr. John Francis\, subject of the Oscar shortlisted film Planetwalker. Movie-goers can dive to the ocean floor\, fly through the forests of Hawaii\, and travel between Yellowstone National Park and Bengal–all from the comfort of their seats.\n\nACFF audience members call the films “Wonderful\, thought-provoking\, engaging\, and beautifully done.” Long after the festival ends\, the films continue making an impact.\n\nThe Frank Arts Center offers a welcoming venue with FREE and easy parking for all attendees. Festival passes and tickets are on sale now. Admission for students (grades 5-12) is free. For more details\, visit conservationfilmfest.org.
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/american-conservation-film-festival/
LOCATION:Frank Arts Center\, University Drive 26\, Shepherdstown\, WV\, 25443\, United States
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Impossible Town
DESCRIPTION:IMPOSSIBLE TOWN follows the story of former State Health Officer Dr. Ayne Amjad who isthrust to the helm of a decades-long struggle to aid a southern West Virginia town beset bycancer-causing chemicals. The film explores the dual nature of trauma\, showing how loss canboth motivate people toward ambitious goals and simultaneously trap them in its grip\,preventing them from moving on.The film was captured primarily in Oak Hill\, Beckley\, and Charleston\, and marks the filmmakers’feature-length directorial debut. It had its world premiere at the 45th Mountainfilm Festival inTelluride and will screen at MTN Craft Film Festival in Clarksburg\, WV on Saturday\, September30th. The film has been supported by the International Documentary Association\, the RedfordCenter\, DOC NYC Industry Roundtables\, the Logan Nonfiction Fellowship\, and From the HeartProductions.Co-directors Meg Griffiths & Scott Faris said: “It has long been our dream to tell an honest\,nuanced\, and fundamentally human story about West Virginia\, a state that is too oftenmisunderstood and misrepresented in stories produced outside the state. We hope viewers will \n\n\n\ncome with an open mind and an open heart to watch this film about true WV heroes and thelimits of their heroism.” \n\n\n\nAdditional regional screenings will occur on the following dates:● Saturday\, 9/30\, 5:30PM MTN Craft Film Festival Clarksburg\, WV● Sunday\, 10/1\, 7:00PM Rust Belt and Appalachia Doc Fest Pittsburgh\, PA● Tuesday\, 10/4\, 7:30PM Gluck Theater at WVU Morgantown\, WV● Thursday\, 10/5\, 7:00P Towngate Theatre at Oglebay Institute Wheeling\, WV● Friday\, 10/6\, 7:00PM The Culture Center Theater Charleston\, WV● Saturday\, 10/7\, 7:00PM Historic Fayette Theater Fayetteville\, WV● Sunday\, 10/8\, 5:30PM The Raleigh Playhouse and Theatre Beckley\, WVThis screening series is made possible with support from Anonymous Was a Woman inpartnership with The New York Foundation for the Arts\, Real WV\, and Universe Creative. \n\n\n\nFor more information about the film and upcoming screenings\, visit the film’s website:www.impossibletown.com/
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/film-screening-impossible-town/
LOCATION:WV Culture Center State Theater\, 1900 Kanawha Blvd E\, Building 9\, Charleston\, West Virginia\, 25305\, United States
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