Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess (2015) Documentary Screening

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Join us for a special documentary screening of Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess. The film tells the powerful story of Queen Nanny, an African-born leader who, after surviving enslavement, rose to lead the Jamaican Maroons in a successful 18th-century resistance against British colonial forces. The documentary explores Nanny’s enduring legacy and the Maroons’ fight for freedom and cultural survival. Presented as part of the America 250 programming, the film highlights that the struggle for independence from British rule extended far beyond the American colonies, encompassing Jamaica and many others across the Atlantic world.

Part of the Garfield Public Library's Rev250 Programming

Garfield Public Library

500 Midland Avenue

Garfield, NJ 07026

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