This Maryland Public Television documentary from Stanley Nelson’s Firelight Films explores the inspiring story of how a man born into slavery transformed himself into one of the most prominent statesmen and influential voices for democracy in America. Actor Wendell Pierce provides the voice of Douglass.
Presented by the NYS Writers Institute.

7 p.m. Friday, February 7
Page Hall - University at Albany Downtown Campus
135 Western Avenue, Albany NY 12203
Free and open to the public
Free parking.
Watch the trailer and view a parking map here .

(United States, 2022, 54 minutes, color) Directed by Nicole London and Stanley Nelson.

NOTE: Join the NYS Writers Institute for a conversation with co-director Nicole London at the Albany Film Festival on Saturday, March 29th, following a screening of her film, "Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom (2021), also co-directed with major American documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson.