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On Sunday, March 22nd, 2026 join FWAAMFest for a live documentary experience that radically re-examines the origins of Southern food and Black identity.
The event will feature a live talkback with German Souls’ creators, facilitated by Deah Berry Mitchell
Created by: Justin Robinson, D.L Anderson Written by: Justin Robinson, Mosi Secret Produced by: Justin Robinson, D.L. Anderson, Rebekah Fergusson
What is German Soul?
What begins as a search to soothe a lifelong “sensitive stomach” and solve a family mystery soon spirals outward, from Carolina kitchens to DNA surprises, to Berlin, Ibandan, and back again. Along the way, familiar dishes take on unfamiliar names and reveal deeper, more complicated stories. Created by Grammy-winning musician and ethnobotanist Justin Robinson and documentary filmmaker D.L. Anderson, it explores the surprising German origins of classic Southern soul food dishes and what those origins mean for Southern food lovers and Black American identity, health, and cultural understanding.
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Co-Creator, Writer, Producer
Justin grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina, played with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, working to preserve African-American traditional forms of music and introduce new generations to musical legends like Joe Thompson. Robinson is also known for his work as a culinary historian and ethnobotanist, exploring the ways that plants, foods, and knowledge of the African Diaspora shaped and influenced Southern culture at large through different workshops.
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Co-Creator, Producer, D.P., Etc.
For over a decade D.L. has been making visual meals in the American South as an independent documentary Director, D.P. and Creative Producer at Vittles Films.
Past directing credits include FARMER/VETERAN (PBS Independent Lens) exploring PTSD caregiving and moral injury and STAY PRAYED UP (Telluride 2022). Most recently Anderson premiered THE DECIDERS: RED, WHITEVILLE AND BLUE (Full Frame 2024) about a group of “Patriotic Millionaires” hoping to incite widespread economic justice by organizing rural working class voters. @vittlesfilms
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Writer, historian, and cultural preservationist.
Based in Dallas, Texas, Deah is the founder of Road East Magazine, a digital publication that explores the cultural roots, food traditions, and historical narratives that shape Texas — especially through the lens of Black, Indigenous, and immigrant communities. Her work centers memory, place, and identity, using storytelling to make history more accessible and rooted in lived experience.
She also created Deep Ellum AR, the first augmented reality app in the United States. developed by a woman to highlight Black history. Funded by the City of Dallas, the app is used in classrooms, walking tours, and cultural institutions across North Texas.
Currently a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of North Texas, Mitchell’s dissertation explores Black Texas foodways as expressions of survival, resistance, and adaptation. She holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Southern Methodist University.
Mitchell teaches U.S. history as an adjunct professor at Tarrant County College.
Additionally, she is a Julia Child Foundation Gastronomy and Culinary History Fellow (2023–25) and a Kingsford Preserve the Pit Fellow (2023), recognized for her work documenting
Black barbecue traditions and community food culture in Texas. Mitchell is also a former James Beard Awards judge.
Map and Parking
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is located at 3200 Darnell Street in Fort Worth’s Cultural District, approximately 2 miles west of downtown Fort Worth and 3 miles north of Texas Christian University. Limited parking is available on the premises.
Free parking is available in the museum parking lots.
On Friday evenings, Saturdays, and Sundays, free parking is available in the UNT Health Science Center garage and lots across Camp Bowie Blvd. at Boland and Clifton Streets.
Paid parking is available in the Will Rogers Memorial Center Lot and Garage, at Lancaster and Gendy Streets.
Trinity Metro (Route 2, 52, 53), Uber, Lyft, taxis, and TRINITY METRO BIKES also offer easy, cost-effective alternatives to driving your own car to the museum.
For more visitor information, click here.