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Documentary Film: Beyond Barbados: The Carolina Connection

An illustration of a sailing ship on the open ocean, with a vintage map as the background.

The 2026 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Beyond Barbados: The Carolina Connection. Part of the SCETV Carolina Stories Series, Beyond Barbados traces the historic influence of the small island of Barbados on the development of the Carolinas. Scholars examine the cultural exchange that impacted the development of language, food and architecture, and recount how the economic and governmental systems created, tested and proven by the West Indies sugar industry forged the prosperity and power of the Carolinas.

The free screening begins at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.