{"id":8070,"date":"2024-04-10T12:59:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T17:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/?p=8070"},"modified":"2024-04-10T13:03:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T18:03:52","slug":"speaking-their-names-a-film-about-the-hidden-history-of-first-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/index.php\/2024\/04\/10\/speaking-their-names-a-film-about-the-hidden-history-of-first-church\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Speaking Their Names&#8221; A Film about the Hidden History of First Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Hannah Long-Higgins&#8217; film &#8220;<span class=\"il\">Speaking<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Their<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Names<\/span>: Remembering\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span> Enslaved People Who Worked This Land,&#8221; beautifully shows the historic All Saints worship service at First Church in October 2023. 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