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Workshop and Community Read: "Sweet Blood" with Camille Simone Thomas

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Photo of Camille Simone Thomas

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Dates & Tickets

Dates Sat, Feb 8, 2025 at 3:30pm

Venue Folger Library

Tickets Free; registration required

Duration 90 minutes

Join Whose Democracy? Artist Fellow Camille Simone Thomas for a workshop and community read of her speculative historical fiction play Sweet Blood, set in 1727 Jamaica.

Participants will learn about the rare materials that inform Camille’s work, as well as how she incorporates archival research into her writing process.

Throughout the program, discussion will explore colonialism as a power play, form of social climbing, and mechanism for greed, as well as how we can critique this history from a modern viewpoint.

About the artist

Camille Simone Thomas
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Camille Simone Thomas

About the play

Sweet Blood follows three free Maroon women in 1727 Jamaica as they struggle to thrive in a world on the brink of the sugar revolution and the horrors of chattel slavery. These women must decide what they are willing to do to survive the encroaching British invasion of their land, how far they are willing to go to fight the disease of colonialism, and what it really means to be a revolutionary. Weaving together the intersecting themes of Blackness and womanhood, resistance, and the indomitable spirit of a people, Sweet Blood invites audiences to reflect on how we withstand the oppressive forces of history.

Content transparency

Sweet Blood includes potentially sensitive subjects. Expand below for a full list of content.

About Folger Institute

The Folger Institute is a center for early modern research at the Folger Shakespeare Library that brings public audiences together with researchers to explore the cultures and legacies of the early modern world. Learn more.

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