By 1917, the Exodusters (Black homesteaders) who settled the prairie region of Callirhoe County, Kansas have a fully operational town, fit with a general store, church, printing press, and school. At the center of it all is the Freeman family, who tend to both the physical and spiritual health of the town’s residents.

Through mutual aid and collaboration, the citizens of Callirhoe make meaningful lives for themselves – creating spaces of joy, challenging the status quo, excelling in their work, and finding love – despite the difficulties that come along with inhabiting a land ruled by fierce natural elements and World War One on the horizon.

An episodic snapshot of a Black community at the turn of the century.

Developed during the Tallgrass Artist Residency.