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109th Annual Conference

Omni William Penn Hotel 530 William Penn Pl, Pittsburgh

109th Annual Conference September 25-29th, 2024

ASALH Film Festival: The KKK Boutique Ain’t Just Rednecks

Omni William Penn Hotel 530 William Penn Pl, Pittsburgh

Billops and Hatch are catalysts at the center of the film, and like a modern Virgil and Dante, they drive, cajole and lead the film's cast through a tour of the contemporary landscape of racism.

Free

ASALH Film Festival: Finding Christa

Omni William Penn Hotel 530 William Penn Pl, Pittsburgh

This documentary presents a moving yet unsentimental view of motherhood and adoption. It explores the feelings surrounding the reunion of a young woman with her natural mother 20 years after being given up for adoption.

Free

ASALH Film Festival: A String of Pearls

Omni William Penn Hotel 530 William Penn Pl, Pittsburgh

Camille Billops turns the camera on four generations of men in her family and considers the ways in which urban violence, unemployment, and the early deaths of their own fathers have shaped their lives.

Free

JAAH Reception

Omni William Penn Hotel 530 William Penn Pl, Pittsburgh

ASALH Film Festival: Camille Billops Shorts Festival

Omni William Penn Hotel 530 William Penn Pl, Pittsburgh

Camille Billops started as a sculptor and painter, became a filmmaker, and amassed a treasure trove of books, documents, and photographs related to black culture.

Free