As part of the weekly Community Dialogue and Discussion, and in celebration of Gullah Geechee Heritage Observance month, AARL is hosting a series of iconic cinematic features illustrating Gullah Geechee culture and narratives.

Porgy is the first major southern novel to portray African Americans outside the stereotypes. It is the story of Porgy, a crippled street-beggar in the black tenement. Unwashed and unwanted, he lives just on the edge of subsistence and trusts his fate to the gods and chance. His one shining moment is his pursuit of Bess, whom he wins and then loses during one summer of passion and violence. The fictional characters of Porgy, Bess, Black Maria, Sportin' Life, and the other Gullah denizens of Catfish Row have attained a mythic status and have become inextricably identified with Charleston.

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