Lucas: St. Helena library to host film screening of ‘Wilmington on Fire’

The St. Helena Branch Library will hold a free screening of a new documentary film as part of the Gullah-Geechee Living History series.

“Wilmington on Fire” will be shown at 6 p.m. March 1, at the library at 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Road, St. Helena Island.

Refreshments will be provided during the screening.

The film tells the story of the bloody attack on the African-American community of Wilmington, N.C., in 1898.

A discussion with the filmmaker Christopher Everett, Queen Quet, chieftess of the Gullah-Geechee Nation and independent researcher, Kent Chatfield, will follow the screening.

For details, call 843-838-1171 or 843-255-6485.

This story was originally published February 25, 2016 at 9:39 AM with the headline "Lucas: St. Helena library to host film screening of ‘Wilmington on Fire’."