Background

The African Burial Ground was officially closed between 1795 and 1796. The video documentary Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home was completed and premiered in 1996-97, two hundred years later. Coincidence? Possibly. Does it attest to the circularity of existence, the cyclical nature of things, including history? Who knows? This Program is informative, powerful, and certainly deserves a national and international audience. The question is, when and where? Continue to check with us for the latest updates on local and national airings, screenings, and availability of home video VHS copies of this 2 Part Epic.

"This African burial ground has been called one of the greatest archaeological and anthropological discoveries of the 20th Century..."

Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home covers the modern battle to preserve and honor the lives and resting place of those Colonial-era Africans in New York, and the historical contributions they and their descendants made to the survival and development of the City and Country, from 1626 to the New York City Draft Riots of 1863. This African Burial Ground has been called one of the greatest archaeological and anthropological discoveries of the 20th Century right in the media and money capital of the world.

Basic Facts:

What: A major video documentary chronicling the discovery and legacy of New York's Colonial-era African Burial Ground, and the battle to preserve it.

Who: Lena Horne, Gail Lumet Buckley, Noel Pointer, Daryl Waters, Ebony Jo Ann, Eric V. Tait, Jr., et al.

Length: Part 1 is 86 minutes; Part 2 is 56 minutes.

Targets:

1) An international audience, via television and/or theatrical release. The geo-politics of slavery was global, it's effects still with us all today. Those aspects, embedded during the founding of the United States, which planted seeds for the racial disharmony which exists to this day (and the historical attempts to help solve the problem) is well covered in this epic documentary.

2) Education Outlets: colleges, universities, high schools and elementary schools. Home video sales also. VHS copies of the 2-part video special Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home can be obtained by emailing us at EVT Educational Productions, or calling us at 212.281.2456 (ph/fax).