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Southern Culture Movie Series
May 16, 2019 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
FREEDon’t Get Trouble in Your Mind: The Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Story
Discussion facilitated by Jed Finley, Program Associate at the Music Maker Relief Foundation
Don’t Get Trouble in Your Mind: The Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Story is a portrait of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, a string band from Raleigh, North Carolina, and their mentor, fiddler Joe Thompson (1919—2012). The film captures how three African-Americans from the hip-hop generation embraced a 19th-century genre and took it to new heights, winning a Grammy in 2010. The story of the band’s meteoric rise, from busking on the street to playing major festivals, is punctuated and informed by the history of the banjo’s origins in Africa, and the untold story of how blacks and whites collaborated to create the earliest forms of American popular music.
FREE with refreshments served
Parking: Free parking is USUALLY available directly beneath the FedEx building after 5 PM. See here for a parking map, and check the parking reservations calendar before you arrive.