THALIAN HALL CINEMA · SPECIAL EVENT
Homegrown History
Screening & Discussion
Join PBS North Carolina and Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts for a special evening of storytelling that connects the sweeping national history of the American Revolution with a remarkable Revolutionary-era story from right here in Wilmington and New Hanover County.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Event Details:
Date & Time: Tuesday, November 10, 2026 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts | 310 Chestnut Street | Wilmington, NC
The evening will feature a curated selection of clips from acclaimed documentary The American Revolution, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, paired with a special screening of Homegrown History, PBS North Carolina’s original documentary series created in celebration of America’s 250th anniversary.
Together, these two productions offer an opportunity to explore the American Revolution from both a national and local perspective—and to consider the people and communities whose stories help us better understand this pivotal chapter in American history.
This episode of Homegrown History features the story of Zachariah Jacobs (Holmes), a free soldier of color born in the Wilmington/New Hanover County area whose contributions to the American Revolution were nearly lost to history.
Thalian Hall Cinema is a series of first-run and repertory wide release, independent, foreign, documentary, and other notable films presented by Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts.
