Washington County residents are invited to a virtual event in celebration of Black History Month this weekend.

Washington for Justice is hosting a screening of the 2016 documentary film “13th,” directed by Ava DuVernay. Titled after the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery, the film dissects the suppression of African Americans through convict leasing, disenfranchisement, lynchings, Jim Crow laws, the “war on drugs,” and the prison-industrial complex. Washington for Justice Director Meredith Henderson shares why they’re hosting this screening, “We wanted to honor Black History Month by holding some kind of event, and in line with our mission we wanted to keep providing educational opportunities to the public to learn about racial issues. And so the way we thought best to do that for Black History Month was to have a public screening of [the] ‘13th’ documentary, which is a historical documentary about racial injustice in the United States starting way back in slavery times all the way up to now.”

The film is available on Netflix, and the screening will be split over two days with the first half to be shown via Zoom from 7-8 p.m. tomorrow with a brief discussion following, and from 3-4 p.m. Sunday with a discussion afterwards. For links to attend, visit here.