New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center (FHC) and New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park are pleased to announce a free film screening as part of the Dock-u-mentary series at the National Park auditorium, 33 William Street, New Bedford. Dock-u-mentaries is a free film series hosted on every third Friday at 7:00pm from October through April.
On March 21, FHC will be screening the 2019 film Seadrift. In 1979, a Vietnamese refugee shot and killed a white crab fisherman at the public town docks in Seadrift, Texas. What began as a dispute over fishing territory erupted into violence and ignited a maelstrom of boat burnings, KKK intimidation, and other hostilities against Vietnamese refugees along the Gulf Coast. Set during the early days of Vietnamese arrival in the U.S., Seadrift is a feature documentary that examines the circumstances that led up to the shooting and its dramatic aftermath, and reveals the unexpected consequences that continue to reverberate today.
For registration and more information visit https://fishingheritagecenter.org/calendar/
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