B Movies and Bad History: Slavery on the Silver Screen

Dr. Theodore Francis is Assistant Professor of History at Huston-Tillotson University. His primary research and writing interests include: the African Diaspora in the Caribbean and Americas; historical and contemporary issues of tourism; anti-colonial movements in the Caribbean; Atlantic World slavery, resistance and post-emancipation societies. Dr. Francis earned his degrees from Warwick Academy Bermuda, Morehouse College, and the University of Chicago

Winston G. Williams is the Executive Director of Capital City Black Film Festival, and a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin. He founded PS Focus, LLC, a management and consulting company, in 1997.  He is also the owner of 360 Productions of Austin, an event planning company. He is the owner of Silver Box Publishing and is the author of his memoir, Would You? and has conducted memoir writing classes for the City of Austin’s Write On, Austin initiative. Winston has been featured on NPR’s In Black America and Austin’s KAZI morning talk shows. His acting credits include: Matches, lead male; They Lost It, lead male; and Momma’s Own, lead male. Winston is a life member of Texas Exes, serves as Treasurer of the Texas Exes Black Alumni Network and as Vice President of Spectrum Theatre Company’s Board of Directors.