The Finding Fellowship Series is a two-month program centers around local filmmaker Jason Green’s 60-minute documentary,
Finding Fellowship. The film tells the story of how three racially-segregated Methodist churches–two white and one black–merged into one in the wake of Dr. King’s assassination. The documentary highlights our need as a community and a culture to preserve stories, memories, and lessons of the past in order to shape our future.
There are several ways to engage in this important and timely series. Click below to learn more.
For questions about this series, please email info@blackrockcenter.org.
Come on a journey through our history to our present.
LIVE STREAMING AND Q&A WITH DIRECTOR
FINDING FELLOWSHIP SCREENING GOES LIVE
THE DOCUMENTARY
Online Streaming
Finding Fellowship: A Film
Online Streaming
is Now Closed.
Live Q&A
An interactive discussion with film director, Jason Green
was held on Tuesday, Feb. 23.
Recording coming soon!
ABOUT
The Quince Orchard Project (TQOP) in partnership with BlackRock Center for the Arts (BlackRock) and Docs In Progress is launching a new digital storytelling program, The Finding Fellowship Series. This two-month program centers around filmmaker Jason Green’s 60-minute documentary, Finding Fellowship. The film tells the story of how the death of Dr. King inspired three fledging Methodists churches– two white and one black– to merge into one. The documentary highlights our need as a community and a culture to preserve stories, memories, and lessons of the past in order to shape our future.
PROGRAMMING
The Finding Fellowship Series, will run February 5 through April 11, 2021 and include the below opportunities for engagement:
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Interviews with documentary participants
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Week-long viewing for Finding Fellowship
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Live Q&A with director & producer, Jason Green
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Documentary workshop for students ages 15-18
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Closing reception with panel of local leaders
FUNDING & SUPPORT
This program is made possible through support of Maryland Humanities, The Art & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, and Heritage Montgomery.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
"Finding Fellowship provides a model for how to learn and grow from our pain and come together to support and care for one another as a nation."
"This is an amazing story of wisdom and tolerance, people coming together at a time when a lot of hatred and anger was present."
STUDENT DOCUMENTARY WORKSHOP
"In Your Backyard"
Film Project
Open to youth ages 13 - 17. Use video to tell a story of hometown, neighborhood, school, street or community.
Viewing Event
of Films
A public event for students to showcase and talk about their "In Your Backyard" films, how and why the were made.
For questions about the student workshop, please email info@blackrockcenter.org.
ADDITIONAL LEARNING
The Finding Fellowship Series was created to inspire conversation. The resources below provide anyone looking to engage deeper in the subjects of local history, race relations, and social healing with resources to guide such discovery.
WATCH
Interview with Gerard A. Green, Chairman of PVHA Board of Trustees
Source: BlackRock & Jason Green
WATCH
Interview with Esther Lyons, Student at Former School for Colored Children
Source: BlackRock & Jason Green
WATCH
Interview with Ida Pearl Green, Quince Orchard Resident born in 1918
Source: BlackRock & Jason Green
WATCH
Interview with Thompkins W. Hallman Quince Orchard Resident born in 1924
Source: BlackRock & Jason Green
WATCH
News Segment on Finding Fellowship: The Film and the Goal to Restore Site
Source: My Montgomery County Media
WATCH
Official Trailer of Finding Fellowship: The Film
Source: The Quince Orchard Project and
READ
Historic Schoolhouse Holds Stories from County's Past by Peggy McEwan
Source: Gaithersburg Then & Now
WATCH
Hidden Footprints in History as part of Black History Month
Source: Fox 5
CREATE
Create Projects Inspired by Artists & Change Makers by Scholastic
Grades: K-1
READ
On Tours, Uncovering Forgotten Footprints by Brigid Schulte
Source: The Washington Post
WATCH
Paths to the Present: Integration of the Montgomery County Public Schools
Source: Montgomery County Council
CREATE
Martin Luther King, Jr. Portrait Lesson by Deep Space Sparkle
Grades: K-5
READ
The Magnanimity of the Moment: Learning from Our Past in Today's Fight for Racial Justice by Jason Green
WATCH
Community Cornerstones: Pleasant View Historical Site Interviews
Source: Heritage Montgomery
CREATE
Hidden Messages in African Spirituals by PBS
Grades: 6th - 8th
READ
Six Ideas for Teaching the Legacy of Dr. King by The Learning Network
Source: The New York Times
WATCH
A Collection of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Documentaries by Mitch Kampf
Source: Int.'l Documentary Association
CREATE
Read the poetry of Kevin Young and then write your own prose and verse
Grades: 9th and Up
READ
I Have a Dream: The Play
Grades 3 - 5
Source: Scholastic
READ
Twelve Poems to Read for
Black History Month
Source: Poets.org
CREATE
Art Lessons Inspired by Faith Ringold's Tar Beach Grades K-3
Source: Art In Action
READ
Five Storytelling Tips for Telling Your Ancestor's Tale Grades 6 and Up
Source: Vanessa Wieland, Family Tree
READ
Resources for Researching Local History Grades 6 and Up
Source: Kimberly Powell, ThoughtCo
CREATE
Five African-American Arts Who Inspire Creativity Grades K-3
Source: Tanya Merriman, We Are Teachers
CREATE
Look Outside: Draw What You See (Landscape) Grades 3 and Up
Source: Al Krakosky, eHow™
CREATE
Look Outside: Draw What You See (Streetscape) Grades 3 and Up
Source: Art with Mrs. Nguyen
WATCH
Spoken Word Written and Performed by Fella Morgan-Bey
Source: BlackRock Center for the Arts
READ
National Black Poetry Day Performances
Source: BlackRock Center for the Arts
WATCH
Interview with Cheriss May Photographer of 'Beyond the Protest'
Source: BlackRock Center for the Arts
CREATE
Watch Performance of "Change Gonna Come". Choreograph your own dance.
Source: BlackRock Center for the Arts
"We live under the tremendous weight of slavery now. And what we're talking about is not Black history. This is our nation's history. It's my history. It's your history."
- John Cummings, Founder
Whitney Plantation Slavery Museum
In a world where we are often told that we are irreconcilably divided, we still believe in FINDING FELLOWSHIP, and it is this story that gives us hope.