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Journey to Juneteenth Film Festival

  • When: Saturday, June 8, 2024,  5:00 pm
  • Location: A. Quinn Jones School Auditorium and A. Quinn Jones Museum, Gainesville, FL
  • Cost: FREE

Juneteenth Film Festival Opening Reception & Meet the Artists
A. Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center
5-6: p.m.

Juneteenth Film Festival
A. Quinn Jones Center School Auditorium
6 p.m.: "One More Time
6:15 p.m.: "A Time To Heal"
6:30 p.m.: "Class of Her Own, The Story of Gloria Merriex" documentary screening

Class of Her Own is a documentary film by Boaz Dvir about local educator Gloria Merriex, who spent her career as an educator teaching at Duval Elementary. The documentary captures Gloria Merriex’s transformation into an educational innovator and shows her engaging her math, reading, and science students at the most effective levels through unconventional teaching practices, which included hip-hop and dance routines.

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