Traces of the Trade will have its national television broadcast premiere on the PBS award‐winning independent documentary series P.O.V. The film kicks off P.O.V.’s 21st season on Tuesday, June 24 at 10 p.m. Please check your local listings for accurate dates/times in your broadcast area.
Below please find a list of event dates around the country if you are interested in attending a screening of the film in your area. To stay updated on what’s coming up for Traces of the Trade, please join our mailing list! If you want to organize a screening in your community, please visit the Buy/Use the Film page for more information.
Upcoming Screenings & Events
Aug. 30, 4:15pm, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass.
Sept. 9, 6:30pm, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, ILL.
Sept. 9-12, American Association for State and Local History Annual Meeting, Rochester, N.Y.
Sept. 12-13, Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, Dover and Greenville, Dela.
Sept. 20, Antioch Seattle University, Seattle, WA
Oct. 2, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation Conference, Austin, Tex.
Oct. 4, Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, Sheffield Historical Society, Sheffield, Mass.
Oct. 7, Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, Old South Meeting House, Boston, Mass.
Oct. 9, 6:30pm, The New School, New York, NY
Oct. 9, 7:00pm, Utica College, Utica, NY
Oct. 9, The 7th Oakland International Film Festival, Oakland, CA
Oct. 18, Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, Alternatives Unlimited, Inc., Whitinsville, Mass.
Nov. 7, 7:30pm, Coalition for Essential Schools Fall Forum, Charlotte, NC
Nov. 8, Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, House of the Seven Gables, Salem, Mass.
Nov. 12, Association of Independent Schools New England (AISNE) Diversity Conference, Natick, MA
Feb. 12, Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Mass.
Past Screenings & Events
January 17-27, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah.
March 26, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, Mass.
March 27, Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, New Haven, Conn.
March 29-30, St. Anne’s Church, Annapolis, Md.
March 31, National Cathedral School, Washington, D.C.
April 1-2, “Remaining Awake: A Week Celebrating Racial Reconciliation & Justice,” Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
April 3, White Privilege Conference, Springfield, Mass.
April 9, Community College of Rhode Island, Providence, R.I.
April 10, Everett Dance Theater, Providence, R.I.
April 11, Unitarian Universalist Association Massachusetts Bay District, Hingham, Mass.
April 17, Community College of Rhode Island, Newport, R.I.
April 18, Portsmouth Abbey School, Portsmouth, R.I.
April 18, Unitarian Universalist Association Florida District, Indialantic, Fla.
April 20, New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival, New Orleans, La.
April 24, The Legacy of 1808, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, Penn.
April 25, Unitarian Universalist Association Pacific Southwest District, Long Beach, Calif.
April 26, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Penns.
April 27, Unitarian Universalist Association Pacific Central District, Pleasant Hill, Calif.
April 30, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Mass.
May 2, Wooster School, Danbury, Conn.
May 3, Unitarian Universalist Association Thomas Jefferson District, Charlotte, N.C.
May 4, Temple Beth David, Canton, Mass.
May 6, Council on Foundations Philanthropy Summit, Newseum, Washington, D.C. Reception, screening, and panel discussion moderated by Judy Woodruff and Professor Charles Ogletree (Harvard Law School), hosted by Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media.
May 17, Kent School, Kent, Conn.
May 31, BookEnds Book Club, Denver, Co. A discussion of Inheriting the Trade
June 4, book signing by family member Tom DeWolf, author of Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History, Redwood Library, Newport, R.I.
June 4-7, Newport International Film Festival, Newport, R.I.
June 5, The Knapsack Institute, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO.
June 6, “The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in R.I.,” panel discussion with family member James DeWolf Perry (Harvard University), James T. Campbell (Brown University) and Keith Stokes (Newport County Chamber of Commerce), Newport, R.I.
June 8, Center for Urban Ministry Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
June 14, Upstate Films, Rhinebeck, N.Y.
June 20, Historical Society of the Episcopal Diocese Annual Meeting, New York, N.Y.
June 22, Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, New York City.
June 23, Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, New York City.
June 23, The Shadow Theatre, in conjunction with Rocky Mountain PBS, Aurora, CO.
June 24, St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, CO.
June 25, The Society for the Advancement of Multiculturalism and Diversity, Denver, CO.
June 26, Princeton Public Library, Princeton, Mass.
July 12, 2:00pm, Brooklyn Museum, New York, N.Y.
July 13, Yale African Studies Summer Institute, New Haven, CT
July 17, Princeton Public Library, Princeton, Mass.
July 17, Evangelical Lutheran Church Global Mission Event, La Cross, Wisc.
July 19, 4:45pm, Harlem Book Fair ‘08, New York, N.Y.
July 22, 6:30pm, Citizens for a Better Westside, Chicago, Ill. (this event is not open to the public)
July 24, 5:30pm, Napa Sonoma Film Festival, Napa Valley, CA
July 24, Race and Reconciliation in America Conference, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
July 25, UNITY: Journalists of Color ‘08 Convention, Chicago, Ill.
July 27, 2:00pm, Napa Sonoma Film Festival, Napa Valley, CA
July 29, 7:00pm, Woods Hole Film Festival, Woods Hole, Mass.
July 29, Berklee School of Music, Boston, MA
July 31, Community Change Inc., Boston, MA
Aug. 2, 5:00pm, Roxbury Film Festival, Tower Auditorium @ MassArt, Boston, Mass.
