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Descendant. (2022 film) Descendant is a 2022 American historical documentary film directed by Margaret Brown, chronicling the story behind Africatown in Alabama, and the descendants of the last known enslaved Africans brought to the United States aboard the Clotilda. The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, where it was picked up ...
Oct 21, 2022 · Descendant: Directed by Margaret Brown. With Theodore Arthur, Gary Autrey, Chris Davis, Joycelyn Davis. Follows descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda, the last ship that carried enslaved Africans to the United States, as they reclaim their story.
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- Documentary, History
- Margaret Brown
- 2022-10-21
Oct 21, 2022 · The idea is politely shot down by another person on the boat. Thankfully, “Descendant” doesn’t end with that scene. Instead, the film heads to the MNAAHC at the Smithsonian to spend time with one of the museum’s curators, Mary Elliott. Elliott curates the Slavery and Freedom exhibit, and tells her own story about an ancestor.
Dec 14, 2022 Full Review Adam Kempenaar Filmspotting We meet so many people in Descendant who could be the primary subjects of their own documentaries, and Brown deftly peels back the layers of ...
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- Margaret Brown
- PG
- Documentary
Jan 24, 2022 · ‘Descendant’: Film Review | Sundance 2022. Margaret Brown’s documentary delves into the history of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to arrive in the U.S.
Oct 20, 2022 · The film tells the entwined stories of the search for and salvaging of the Clotilda, the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans to the United States, and the experiences of those people’s ...
Oct 21, 2022 · ‘Descendant’ Review: The Discovery of a Sunken Slave Ship Galvanizes a Community in Sundance-Winning Doc Reviewed on Netflix, Oct. 19, 2022. In Sundance Film Festival.
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