Boil That Cabbage Down: Documentary Screening at The Modern

Presented by the Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival

In BOIL THAT CABBAGE DOWN, a novice banjoist embarks on a transformative journey to uncover the forgotten Black roots of the banjo. Through lessons, history and struggle, she learns to embrace the instrument’s complex legacy culminating in a celebratory Black Folk Jam Session that connects the past with the present.

Sunday, March 21, 2:00 PM

The screening will be followed by a talkback discussion and Q&A with Hip Hop and RnB recording artist, producer, and radio DJ La Bell.

Tickets for this screening are $10.

Writer/Director: Candace Williamson

Producers: Jemina Garcia, Kaylee Hayes

Composer: Christa Duggan

The Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival (FWAAMFest), now in its 7th year, highlights the Black traditions and history at the heart of American roots music, The event features Black artists at the vanguard of preservation and innovation in musical styles such as old-time, string band, early blues and jazz, jug band, bluegrass, and folk. FWAAMFest is is a program of Decolonizing the Music Room , a Fort Worth nonprofit with a mission of uplifting the musical traditions of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Asian peoples through education and performance.