The Diary of Michael Shiner (2024)

Michael Shiner was an enslaved man who labored at the Washington, D.C., Naval Yard. He wrote one of the only diaries of an enslaved person known to exist. Spanning 56 years, the diary covers politics, family, and natural phenomenon. Based on his writings, this short film depicts the day he saved his wife from the notorious slave traders, Franklin and Armfield.