The human story is the foundation for the Penn Museum’s collections, galleries, and exhibitions, shared in the hopes of fostering deeper understanding of cultures from around the globe. But where does the ownership of these stories begin and end? The Museum welcomes award-winning journalist and founder of Black History Untold Sofiya Ballin for a series exploring representation, stewardship and what it means to balance the two.

The opening to REVOLUTION, a short documentary by Black History Untold, invites viewers to uncover the past through a series of 15 interviews with community elders and others as they recount history as they have experienced it. This screening will be followed with a presentation by Black History Untold Founder Sofiya Ballin on the vitality of oral history and the power human stories hold. RSVP for this virtual event: https://bit.ly/3iPzAz8.