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Did blacks actively fight for the Confederacy during the Civil War, and if so, why? “Colored Confederates: Myth or Matter of Fact,” a documentary film by Ken Wyatt, sheds light on a corner of American history and further explores this debate. The screening will be held on Thursday, October 11, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney's Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium. This event is free and open to the Buffalo State community.

Presented by the Burchfield Penney Art Center and the Communication Department and curated by Meg Knowles, documentary film producer and associate professor of communication, and Michael Niman, media and social critic and professor of communication, "Consider the Alternatives" uses an eclectic array of subject matter to explore both alternative responses to social problems and alternative ways of living and organizing families and societies, all the while celebrating human triumph over adversity and repression.

Award-winning documentary filmmaker and East Carolina University faculty member Ken Wyatt is an educator from Rochester, New York, whose works have been screened and distributed on television, at festivals, at independent theaters, and through Internet and educational venues worldwide.