“This is my only connection to that place,” confides journalist Grace Ali, founder of the “Of Note” (http://www.ofnotemagazine.org) online magazine, as she holds images from her family photo album which […]
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DDFR Featured within Rockefeller Foundation “Audio Postcards”
By Karina Mangu-Ward ArtsFWD.org Newsletter Published: February 13, 2012 We’ve been blown away by the positive response to our Audio Postcards about the 2011 Rockefeller Foundation Cultural Innovation Fund grantees. […]
Marc Polite’s Harlem Stories
With just a few photographs within his collection, Polite relays the rich history of his family with intimate glimpses into his family circle including images of this mother and father […]
Voza Rivers: Cultural Caretaker
Voza Rivers has been instrumental in the spread of Diasporic culture through the arts for over thirty years. The Producer of Sarafina!, which brought voices of South Africa to Broadway; […]
Mother and Daughter Explore Family History
Donna Cashman and Shannon Danzy bring a mother daughter perspective to uncovering one’s family history as they share family photographs with Thomas Allen Harris, and us, at the Digital Diaspora […]
Arianne Edmonds’ Six Generations of Los Angeles History
Arianne Edmonds reveals the stories of her family history to Thomas Allen Harris during the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR) Roadshow held at Harlem Stage. Like many American Families, the […]
Michael Reese Tells Tales of “Down South”
Michael Reese shares his stories of photographic discovery with Thomas Allen Harris during the DDFR Roadshow in Atlanta, GA. Using the family photos that he has collected from various relatives […]
Reflections: Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR) Road show-Harlem, NY (2011)
By Sylvia Isabel My experience in the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Road show-Harlem went far beyond my expectations. I believe divine intervention was at work. A friend (Martha Jones)pushed me […]
Boston Premiere of Marriage Equality Film Friday, July 29th
The Roxbury International Film Festival will host a special screening and panel discussion of Thomas Allen Harris’ new documentary, “Byron Rushing: Marriage Equality & the Fight for Fairness” Now in […]
Marriage Equality at the 2011 NEWFEST – July 22
“Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing and the Fight for Fairness” will screen at the 2011 Film Festival on Friday, July 22 – 5:00 pm | Cinema Village 2. Since 1988, NewFest […]