On a breezy Friday night in the community of Brownsville, film lovers from South Florida to Quebec, Canada, came together for an evening of history, art and culture that brought Miami’s Black heritage to life.

The event at the Historic Hampton House, held in partnership with Video Consortium, celebrated Miami’s Black history through a screening of three 16mm short films curated by Miami archivist and librarian Katharine Labuda. These films included The Matter with Me (1971), Didn’t We Ramble On (1989), and A Few Things I Know About Miami (1987).

“We are lucky in Miami to have the 16mm Film Collection at the public library, but we also have the Wolfson Moving Image Archive at Miami Dade College,” said Labuda. “In a city that changes its physical form so quickly, it can be hard

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