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Then I’ll Be Free to Travel Home is a hard-hitting expose of how a U.S. government agency tried to cover-up, and almost destroyed, what's been called the greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th Century. In a classic David-Goliath struggle, a grassroots coalition of people of all races battled the Federal bureaucracy to rescue and preserve a sacred, historical andmark. This is emotional, informative programming that unfolds with power and passion.

 

Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home 2-part video documentary inspired the gripping, multi-layered 13-part radio documentary series of the same name that's been aired on public radio stations across the country since February 2004.  The screening concludes with Q&A with Eric Tait and Gary Anthony Ramsay, president of NYABJ, and is followed by a reception.

[60 minutes]

Tickets $10 for general public, $5 for NYAB and BDC members.

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Eric Tait

Eric Tait is a media veteran and award-winning broadcast journalist and documentarian. His TV producer/director credits include ABC World News Tonight, Nightline, 20/20, Our World, Entertainment Tonight and the original multiple award-winning Then I’ll Be Free To Travel Home radio and television documentary series. Among the distinguished awards in his career is the New York Association of Black Journalists' Lifetime Achievement Award in Broadcasting which he received in 2003. He is a current member of the Black Documentary Collective, Media Coalition, and former member of Directors' Guild of America and Black Film Maker Foundation. Tait was a 1974 National Endowments of Humanities Professional Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. Among the Educational Institutions he has been invited to screen his works and lecture are Princeton University, Rutgers University-Newark, Raritan Valley College, Kean University, and others.

 

Gary Anthony Ramsay

Gary Anthony Ramsay is a former weekend anchor/breaking news reporter who now works as a media, communications and image consultant. Gary has spent more than 20 years in media and developed a reputation as being fearless, smart and aggressive. As a journalist, Gary covered just about every kind of story in every kind of situation you can imagine from county fairs to wars in Iraq and Kosovo. Gary has forged relationships with journalists, media outlets, for profit and not-for-profit companies all over the world. He has also served as president and board member to large not-for-profit organizations including Big Brothers Big Sisters of NY and the NY Association of Black Journalists, planning strategy and events that have raised more than a million dollars for both groups.

Co-Presented with the Black Documentary Collective in collaboration with the New York Association of Black Journalists