PRE-EVENT for the 6th Annual Fort Smith International Film Festival! 🎥🍿

Fort Smith Museum of History to Host Pre-Event for 6th Annual Fort Smith International Film Festival

FORT SMITH, AR — The Fort Smith Museum of History will host a special pre-event screening for the 6th Annual Fort Smith International Film Festival on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at the Fort Smith Museum of History, 320 Rogers Avenue.

The museum has hosted a pre-event screening for the festival for several years, bringing film lovers and history enthusiasts together to experience documentary films that explore the people, places and stories that shape Arkansas and the region. Admission is $10 per person.

This year's program will feature two documentaries:

Rock Van Winkle | Black Builder of Northwest Arkansas, directed by Justin Stewart, tells the story of an emancipated man who rose from slavery to become one of Northwest Arkansas' earliest Black industrialists. Once enslaved, Aaron "Rock" Van Winkle stepped into freedom at a time…