The Contradictions of Fair Hope: Film Screening and Director's Talk

Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, The Contradictions of Fair Hope, directed by S. Epatha Merkerson who played Lt. Anita Van Buren in Law and Order for over 15 years and attorney Rockell Metcalf, turns the camera on the Fair Hope Benevolent Society, an organization that originally helped former slaves bury their dead, and aid the sick of transitional families in the late 19th century and it efforts to retain a tradition in the midst of prostitution, drugs, and guns.  Merkerson and Metcalf will be on hand to provide additional insight into this powerful documentary