As part of a series of events celebrating Women’s History Month, the Africana Studies Program at Lehigh University welcomes Kwakiutl L. Dreher for a presentation of a feature length film The Bell Affair, a project in collaboration with animating artist Michael Burton and historian Wiliam G. Thomas, III. Based on Thomas’s research from his book A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War, Dreher will screen The Bell Affair and facilitate Q&A thereafter.
About the film: Daniel and Mary Bell sued for their freedom from slavery and won. After slaveholders threaten to re-enslave them and their children, the Bells led one of the largest escape attempts in American history. Their inspiring story is brought to cinema for the first time.