New Doc Captures the Legacy and Power of Dallas' Pan-African Connection

New Doc Captures the Legacy and Power of Dallas' Pan-African Connection

For filmmaker Anthony Asota, a routine visit to Dallas in 2021 became a reclamation and an unexpected journey back to himself. What started out as a casual exploration of one of Dallas’ iconic Black bookstores — Pan African Connection (PAC) — quickly became the catalyst for one of Asota’s most prominent projects…

Dallas' Pan-African Connection: A Legacy of Community - Dallas Weekly

When I moved to Dallas fourteen years ago, the first place I searched for was a Black bookstore. Along with the Black church and the Black school building, the Black bookstore is one of the most important community institutions. I grew up visiting and supporting Chicago’s first Black woman-owned bookstore, Afrocentric Bookstore (owned by Noname’s mom Desiree Sanders), Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu’s AFRICAN AMERICAN IMAGES bookstore, and Haki R. Madhubuti…