“Historical TRUTH” is a dramaturgical exhibition that offers an historical travelogue of the play Truth: a biofictional choreopoem. New plays can have a journey of development that spans a few months to many years. Truth: a biofictional choreopoem was conceived from unique and fragmented stories and historical data about black female abolitionists gathered over a year at unheralded sites of conscience as well as more prominent and established historical institutions. This exhibit explores the ways that history becomes a biofictional choreopoem that amplifies black female resistance to slavery.  

As part of the exhibition, the Bristol Historical and Preservation Society has loaned “Historical TRUTH” a portion of the 56-foot timeline of U.S. slavery used to offer interpretive analysis of the unique role Bristol, RI played in the slave trade.

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