Allison Forster SNG #1 reflection - 001063748

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African American Film Festival

October 20,2014 at 6:00pm
SNG Group members: Lily Duchesneau and Courtney Herbert
The African American Film Festival was a festival that celebrated
the history of African Americans. The film shown was about the
slavery that occurred in the 1700s and the family lineage that is
still alive today. The video producer, Elvin was also at the event
along with the NC State African Student Union and other people
from the community.
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Going to the African American Film festival was something I
would not have normally gone to without M100 and without
Student Network Group. This being said, it was really eye
opening and a really good experience. The film was very
accurate and used story telling as well as real documentation to
tell the story of Kunta Kinteh. It was an enlightening video and
told a story about slavery unlike any story I had heard before. I
believe that most of the stories in the history books do not bring
to complete light what actually happened so it was good to see a
different perspective of everything.
The film started by having a little boy tell about his families
history. He stated by saying that he was a Kunta Kinteh and then
proceeded to tell what exactly that meant. Kunta Kinteh was a
warrior that was born from royals and was known as being the
strongest man in all the land. He was captured from the Slave
traders and was kept in a dungeon / hole by himself for 15 days
because he was strong and had to be separated from all the
normal and regular slaves. He was then taken across the ocean
and was sold into slave trade. There he tried to escape but was
never successful. As punishment, he once has his toe chopped
off for trying to escape. After many generations the ancestors
and of stories being passed down the legend of Kunta Kinteh is
still alive and is still being told today. The film showed interviews
with Kunta Kintehs family that is still alive today and they are
trying to get the story of Kunt Kinteh out into the public. The
Island were Kunta Kinteh was taken was called James island but
has since been re-named to Kunta Kinteh island to recognize
what Kunta Kinteh went through and to pay respect to all of the
Africans who were taken and sold into slavery during this time.
Watching the film Kunta Kinteh was eye opening and a new
experience. I was exposed to something that I never would have
been and I definitely learned a lot. I never knew that any of this
happened and never really knew the extent of anything or how ti
affected those living in Africa. It was cool to see that his family is

still alive today and that the stories have been passed down from
generation to generation. Without technology and ways to write
down history, their family made a point to share the legend of
Kunta Kinteh and to share his legacy with everyone now.

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