Charleston, South Carolina - Charles Allan Smith won the award at the Charleston International Film Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. The Southern Lens Broadcasting Award is given out by South Carolina’s ETV which has public television stations throughout South Carolina. Seeking will also air in ETV’s Southern Lens television series throughout South Carolina and possibly throughout the United States.
Seeking is a moving film by critically acclaimed filmmaker, Charles Allan Smith, documenting celebrated artist, Jonathan Green as he brings to life on canvas the African American ritual of Seeking. Pulling from his very own memories as a young man, he journeys back through his ancestry to paint, ‘Seeking’, honoring the African American slaves that lived and were buried at Clermont Cemetery on the grounds of the Mepkin Abbey in South Carolina.
Filled with the spiritual sounds of famed singer, Marlena Smalls, Jonathan Green’s Seeking celebrates and acknowledges the significant contributions and sacrifices that African Americans made throughout American History.
