Documentary screening: "Searching for Timbuctoo" - Friday, November 12

On Friday, November 12, 2021, the New York State Writers Institute will host a screening of the new documentary, "Searching for Timbuctoo." The documentary, directed by UAlbany graduate Paul Miller, reconstructs the history of Timbuctoo, a free Black settlement in the Adirondacks near Lake Placid, funded by abolitionist Gerrit Smith. More information about the screening can be found at the NYS Writers Institute website: https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/searching-for-timbuctoo-film-screening-with-panel-discussion-on-friday-nov-12

Dr. Jennifer Burns, who will be participating in a panel discussion after the film, and writer/director Paul Miller were interviewed by WAMC's Morning Edition, which can be listened to at WAMC's website: https://www.wamc.org/podcast/the-roundtable/2021-11-11/new-york-state-writers-institute-presents-screening-of-new-documentary-searching-for-timbuctoo