The documentary screening will feature a panel by two producers who are experts on sociolinguistic connections between Africa and the African American diaspora.
The Elon University community is invited to a screening and panel discussion by the producers of the Emmy-winning documentary “Talking Black in America: Roots” from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 in Turner Theatre at the School of Communications.
The documentary connects the stories of the people and societies of Ghana, the Bahamas, the Gullah Geechee people in the southeastern U.S. and more to explore how African American English and Black diasporic cultures developed together.
The panelists, documentary producers and sociolinguists Walt Wolfram (N.C. State University) and Tracey Weldon (University of South Carolina) will speak after the screening. Elon’s Corey Roberts, assistant professor of Native American and Indigenous studies, will moderate the interdisciplinary event, sponsored by African & African-American Studies, American Studies and Museum and Public History Studies, with support from Elon’s Fund for Excellence in the Arts & Sciences and collaboration by the School of Communications.
Turner Theatre is located in Schar Hall, 123 N. Williamson Ave.