Johnson City: The 5 Browns star in “Digging Through the Darkness”

The stars come out in February, beginning with a film about the dark secret shared by the three sisters of the world-renowned piano quintet, The 5 Browns. “Digging Through the Darkness,” on Monday, Feb. 4, is the featured event for An Evening of Health, Wellness and the Arts, co-sponsored annually by the Martin School, the ETSU College of Public Health and the Gold Humanism Society.

In “Digging Through the Darkness,” filmmaker Ben Niles unveils The 5 Browns’ journey through the disclosure of the family’s struggle with a painful past and the subsequent healing brought by music and social justice for the sisters, survivors of child sexual abuse.

Sisters Deondra and Desirae will attend the free 7 p.m. screening at the Millennium Center, as well as a 6 p.m. reception, and hold a question-and-answer session with the audience after the film screening.  They will also work with ETSU piano students while on campus.