The documentary about Wake County's Midway Plantation and its families, is garnering rave reviews. And now it's coming home to North Carolina.

From Moving Midway, a film by Godfrey Cheshire. A First Run Features Release.

Learn more about the film and view the trailer

David Denby, in The New Yorker, has called it a "fascinating, touching, and intellectually tough-minded documentary." The New York Times has made it a Critic's Pick.

Preservation NC is thrilled to sponsor the Winston-Salem premiere of the film on Thursday, October 9. Director Godfrey Cheshire will be on hand with collaborator and co-producer Robert Hinton to discuss the the story behind it.

When his cousin Charlie Silver announced that he was moving Midway Plantation (an antebellum landmark protected by Preservation North Carolina), to a new location, Godfrey Cheshire set out to document the move. Cheshire, well known for his film criticism in the Independent Weekly, tried to learn more about the history of those connected with the plantation, white and black. A chance encounter connected him to Dr. Robert Hinton, a professor at NYU who was a Raleigh native and descendant of a family enslaved at Midway. Hinton joined the project and helped make the movie into a deeper meditation on history, race, and the role of the plantation in cultural memory.

Preservation North Carolina's presentation of the film, plus a reception and post-screening discussion with Godfrey Cheshire and Robert Hinton, will take place at the Salem College Fine Arts Center at 7:30 PM, Thursday, October 9.

Robert Hinton and Godfrey Cheshire at Midway (Conrad Richard Jordan/First Feature Films)

Tickets may be purchased online for $10 each (or as part of Annual Conference registration) now through October 1.

Other North Carolina showings of Moving Midway include:

Opens Friday, Sept 19
The Rialto Theatre, Raleigh: Q&As after evening shows 9/19
The Galaxy Cinemas, Cary: Q&As after select shows 9/20
The Varsity Theatre, Chapel Hill: Q&A after 2pm show 9/21

Opens Friday, Oct. 3
Regal Park Terrace, Charlotte: Q&As after evening shows 10/3
The Carolina Theatre, Durham: Q&A after first evening show 10/4