Film

Based on my oral history service-learning project, “Someplace Like Pembroke: Work Histories of the Lumbee,” I co-wrote and co-produced the film, Voices of the Lumbee.

This full-length documentary film raises awareness about the ongoing struggles of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina in the wake of decades of economic downturn in the coastal plains region. Despite decades of economic and political struggles, the Lumbee continue to uphold a strong sense of pride and devotion for their culture. Told through their voices, this is their story.

Voices of the Lumbee is now available online as part of the Mary Livermore Library’s Special Collections and University Archives at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Screenings have been held at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Conference, New York City; Humanities Institute at Stony Brook University; Department of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rights! Camera! Action! Film Series at the Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University; Georgetown University; the University of Pittsburgh; the University of Texas at Austin; the North Carolina Museum of History; and at numerous community centers.