FILM

What Happened to Bass Street

Produced by: Angela Sutton & Jeneene Blackman

Directed by: $eck

What Happened to Bass Street is a short documentary film produced by Vanderbilt professor Angela Sutton and Jeneene Blackman, CEO of Nashville’s African American Cultural Alliance. Directed by $eck, the film follows Blackman's personal investigation into the history of her childhood neighborhood.

Founded by Black Civil War veterans at the base of Fort Negley, the largest inland stone fortification of the war, this community's story was nearly lost when it was forcibly relocated for interstate construction during 1950s-60s "urban renewal." Now that Fort Negley Park is a UNESCO Site of Memory undergoing renovation and reinterpretation, Blackman enlists a team of archaeologists, historians, and descendants who race to uncover the disappeared neighborhood's untold story.

Tide Turners

Produced by: Mind Balloon Films

Directed by: Yoshie Lewis

Subject Matter Expert: Angela Sutton

The US Colored Troops in Tennessee made an immeasurable contribution during the Civil War. Some 13,000 USCT fought at the Battle of Nashville, making it the highest number engaged in fighting up to that point in the war. Because of their participation, the war in Tennessee came to an end. They were masons, carpenters, teamsters, cooks. But above all, they were soldiers and brave men, many of whom made the ultimate sacrifice.

Tide Turners is slated for delivery to American Public Television presented by WCTE/PBS