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PNW-made BUFFALO SOLDIERS makes Tacoma Premiere
Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts explores the often-contradictory role played by the Black soldiers throughout American history.
"Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts" from Vancouver, WA director Dru Holley will have it's South Sound premiere at the Tacoma Film Festival on Saturday, October 8th.
In 1866, six all-Black cavalry and infantry regiments were created after congress passed the Army Organization Act. They came to be known as Buffalo Soldiers. Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts explores the often-contradictory role played by the Black soldiers throughout American history, emphasizing the settling of the American West and colonialism abroad.
Director Dru Holley is a Vancouver, WA-based filmmaker, and the documentary features interviews with Quintard Taylor (Ph.D. Historian at UW), Ryan Booth (Ph.D. Candidate, WSU), and members of the Buffalo Soldiers of Seattle (based in Roy, WA), among many others.
Representatives of the Tacoma Buffalo Soldiers Museum will attend the screening and participate in a Q&A.
