To the Screen
Documentary debuts about Minnie Evans
MINNIE EVANS, Draw or Die, a documentary on the life of local artist Minnie Evans, debuts November 7. The premiere celebration starts at 7 p.m. at Thalian Hall’s main stage.
“The event will honor the life and artistic legacy of Minnie Evans, a celebrated twentieth-century African American artist, in the city where she lived and created her visionary work. A major exhibition of her work opens at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art this November and will travel to the Whitney Museum in New York in 2026,” organizers say.
LINDA ROYAL produced and directed the one-hour documentary about the self-educated artist born in the Wilmington area in 1892.
“There’s something very powerful about Minnie Evans,” Royal says, “and I think we all need something uplifting and inspirational.”
The documentary features Evans’ great-granddaughter BEVERLY EVANS; MARVA ROBINSON, director of the Williston Alumni Community Choir, which performed in the film; and GLOW Academy student NEVAEH ALLEN portraying young Minnie.
INFO: thalianhall.org/thc-premiere-mevans
To view more of photographer Madeline Gray’s work, go to madelinegrayphoto.com.
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