Join us on Wednesday March 16th at 5:30pm in the museum and virtually as we view and discuss the Truth Tellers documentary. Free and open to the public.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://longwood-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpcOyvpzssH9GT4OSRQsjsPNtAASy3EgaA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The film beautifully chronicles the lives of courageous past and present activists fighting for racial equity, environmental justice and indigenous rights through the eyes of Maine artist Robert Shetterly. 

Shetterly has painted over 250 portraits of truth tellers such as Charlottesville activist Zyahna Bryant (pictured above), Civil Rights leaders Fannie Lou Hamer and Bayard Rustin among many others.

He calls his art project Americans Who Tell the Truth.

The screening will be followed by a meaningful conversation with the artist and cover the intersection of history and civic engagement with an opportunity for interaction and dialogue. TRUTH TELLERS is both a story of Shetterly’s art and activism and a history lesson in what it means to be a citizen of a democracy.

Please take a look at the trailer: https://vimeo.com/617305512