Virtually streaming February 22-26th. Attendees will receive an email when streaming becomes available containing information on how to stream the film as well as the Zoom information for the discussion with the filmmakers.
Join the discussion of 'James Hemmings: Ghost in America's Kitchen' on Monday, February 27th at 3:00PM EST with Chef Ashbell (Founder, Ashbell's Real Soul Food Company), Chef Barnett Harper (Executive Chef, HuE), and Amber Payne (Co-Editor in Chief of the Emancipator).
June 20, 1790.
A dinner party, at the home of then Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, that may have saved the newly formed United States of America from financial collapse. In the room where it happened were Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and...a ghost, James Hemings.
Who was James Hemings? The bigger question is how could such an important figure in American culinary history become a ghost in our kitchens? The answer is mired in our complex history of race and the still biting effects of slavery on our society.
'A Ghost in America’s Kitchen' explores the life, contributions and erasure of the culinary founding father, James Hemings.