PHOTOS: National Black Theatre Festival Parade

Watch a video of the opening night gala.

Old Salem and the National Black Theatre Festival will present a video and discussion about 250 years of Africans and African-Americans in the Winston-Salem community Wednesday.

The video is a one-man show “Popa C.W. Brown and the Black Moravians,” performed by festival founder Larry Leon Hamlin. Hamlin died in 2007. Old Salem archaeologist Michael O. Hartley and researcher Martha B. Hartley will lead the discussion after the video is show. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. at St. Philips Moravian Church, 911 S. Church St. Those with a ticket stub to the free event will receive half-price admission to Old Salem Museum and Gardens.

Click here to see a trailer for the video.

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