Hindsight Film Festival is proud to present this half-hour documentary by local director Caroline Josey Karoki and producer Abbey Hoekzema, who dutifully captured the ups and downs of this story as it unfolded. Many Savannah residents attended the jubilant dedication ceremony last year, and now the rousing backstory will be presented on the big screen, followed by an in-depth conversation with the filmmakers and the stars of the film.

Synopsis

Gullah Geechee storyteller Sistah Patt Gunn leads a diverse coalition in a three-year battle to rename Savannah’s Calhoun Square — once honoring pro-slavery advocate John C. Calhoun — after Susie King Taylor, a Civil War nurse, educator, and formerly enslaved woman. Despite legal barriers and opposition, the film chronicles a community’s resilience and determination to reclaim history.

$10 at the door or in advance.

Hindsight Film Festival is presented by The Better Angels Society (Lavine / Ken Burns Prize for Film), and supported by our generous sponsors and partners Civis Foundation, Savannah Regional Film Commission, WRUU 107.5, CinemaSavannah and Doc Savannah.

CinemaSavannah founder and director, was a faculty at Georgia Southern University, where he taught film and literature courses for 35 years, directed a Film Studies Program and a campus-wide film series. Now, happily retired, he can devote most of his time to manage CinemaSavannah and support film culture in our amazing city.