In the year 1851, hours before the first anniversary of the signing of the new Fugitive Slave Act, Lonnie Darker, a well known free Negro, sits with a group of friends, slave and free, outlining their next move for traveling north to Canada - "The Promised Land". Little do they know that a nearbye group of slave catchers, a part of the famous Gap Band, are going over their plans to capture the most important member of the escaping group; Ben, a prized slave of a powerful slave owner. However, Ben had promised, in memory of his mother, that he would die before returning to slavery.
Directed and written by Von Washington. Produced by Jeff Mais
2018/01/20 - 2018/01/20
First Baptist Church
315 W. Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49007