Join two-time Oscar nominee and humanitarian Djimon Hounsou and the Honorable Dr. Sesha Joi Moon, co-founder of The JXN Project, along with community leaders for an exclusive screening of the VPM feature documentary Declarations: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War on Sunday, September 13 at 12:00 PM.

A VPM Original Production presented by the Djimon Hounsou Foundation in collaboration with VA250, this special screening is part of Freedom Forward, an initiative that centers the Black experience in the telling of America’s history and creates space for reflection on freedom, belonging, and the unfinished work of building a more inclusive future.

The screening will be followed by a community discussion on belonging and will serve as the closing experience of the three-day Run Richmond 16.19 race weekend. Don’t miss this unique community experience. The theater seats 400, and seats are filling up quickly! Tickets will go on sale on August 15.

• When:  September 13, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
  (1-hour screening followed by a 1-hour community conversation)
• Where: Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Robins Family Forum
  428 N Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220
• Parking: Paid parking lot directly behind the museum, with entrances from Kensington Avenue and from the side opposite the VMFA parking garage via N. Sheppard Street/Stuart Avenue. Free street parking in the surrounding neighborhood.