{"id":63607,"date":"2026-03-11T20:50:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T00:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=63607"},"modified":"2026-03-11T20:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T00:50:37","slug":"florida-southern-college-is-hosting-a-screening-of-the-documentary-the-florida-chitlin-circuit-on-march-12-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/03\/11\/florida-southern-college-is-hosting-a-screening-of-the-documentary-the-florida-chitlin-circuit-on-march-12-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Southern College is hosting a screening of the documentary “The Florida Chitlin’ Circuit” on March 12, 2026."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 45-minute documentary explores Florida\u2019s vibrant\u00a0mid-20th-century circuit for Black entertainers<\/a>. Through interviews with R&B and blues legends, the film offers stories from those who lived and loved the scene. Music and a question-and-answer session will follow.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Courtesy of Florida Southern College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The film explores the historic network of venues that provided performance opportunities for Black musicians and entertainers during the era of racial segregation. This specific documentary often features Florida-based clubs and the legendary artists\u2014such as Ray Charles, B.B. King, and Ella Fitzgerald\u2014who frequented them.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Poster from the Chitlin\u2019 Circuit\u00a0|\u00a0Courtesy of Florida Southern College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Event Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Location:<\/strong> Branscomb Memorial Auditorium, Florida Southern College.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Time:<\/strong> While specific times can vary by department, most evening screenings at Branscomb typically begin at 7:00 PM<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Admission:<\/strong> This event is free and open to the public.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • This screening aligns with recent local cultural focuses, much like the regional interest seen during “Polk County Taco Week” or the activities at the Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The 45-minute documentary explores Florida\u2019s vibrant\u00a0mid-20th-century circuit for Black entertainers. Through interviews with R&B and blues legends, the film offers stories from those who lived and loved the scene. Music… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"34","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDNcL3VubmFtZWQtMS0yLndlYnA_Zml0PTQzNiUyQzYyMCZzc2w9MSIsInR4dCI6IkZsb3JpZGEgU291dGhlcm4gQ29sbGVnZSBpcyBob3N0aW5nIGEgc2NyZWVuaW5nIG9mIHRoZSBkb2N1bWVudGFyeSAmIzgyMjA7VGhlIEZsb3JpZGEgQ2hpdGxpbiYjODIxNzsgQ2lyY3VpdCYjODIyMTsgb24gTWFyY2ggMTIsIDIwMjYuIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJoaWdod2F5IiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.12dB9noeQThVaKIh5vacjY7x07dMcC43zgm7UdjeNfMMQ"},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[34],"tags":[13094,14017],"class_list":["post-63607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fsc-news","tag-13094","tag-florida-southern-college-is-hosting-a-screening-of-the-documentary-the-florida-chitlin-circuit-on-march-12"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63610,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63607\/revisions\/63610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}