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Free & Equal Live Documentary
This live performance goes deeper into Darius’ quest to understand the life of his third great grandfather who was part of the Port Royal Experiment. It also includes live music directed by Eric Crawford, Gullah Music Historian from Coastal Carolina University. The role of music is brought out in this extension of the Free & Equal app, cluing audiences into how it both inspired and informed the formerly enslaved people as they emerged into becoming full citizens of the United States.
This live documentary can also include performances by Poet Laurette Marcus Amaker and Grammy Award winning Ranky Tanky. In the current iteration AR is presented as video on screen, but a version can be developed in which audiences experience the AR on their own devices.
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Free and Equal Live Doc Performance, Port Royal, SC June 2021
Features live narration, video, and live music
Performed in front of a 19th century Negro chapel from the time period of the Port Royal Experiment.
Sponsored by the National Park Service and the University of South Carolina
Live performance brings in folks from all walks of live with soulful music and a forgotten story of how Civil Rights started.
Darius Brown, the lead character of the story has found over 3000 of his Gullah ancestors
TALENT
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Ranky Tanky
Grammy-award winning Ranky Tanky created the soundtrack for the App and can also appear in the live doc version.
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Marcus Amaker
Marcus is the poet laureate of Charleston, SC. His poetry gives voice to the formerly enslaved people whose were “beyond the 1870 brick wall.”
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Michael Epstein
Michael is the Director of Walking Cinema and the narrator for the app and the Live Doc. His live voiceover is times to the video and AR elements of the show.
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Eric Crawford
Eric Crawford, Director of the Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies, holds a Ph.D. in musicology from The Catholic University of America. His research focuses on the rich tradition of Gullah music, and he also directed original recordings and performances of Gullah songs for Free and Equal.