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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 schooner Clotilda (often misspelled Clotilde) was the last known U.S. slave ship to bring captives from Africa to the United States, arriving at Mobile Bay, in autumn 1859 [1] or on July 9, 1860, [2] [3] with 110 African men, women, and children. [4]
Margaret Brown's documentary 'Descendant' forcefully surfaces history for the Alabama community whose ancestors survived the slave ship the Clotilda.
The documentary examines the Clotilda, the most intact slave shipwreck found to date. ... Race: Bubba Wallace (Netflix) Bubba Wallace is getting the documentary treatment. A six-part project ...
"Descendant" co-producer Kern Jackson talks about the award-winning Sundance documentary that examines the discovery of the Clotilda slave ship.
Margaret Brown is an American film director who has directed four feature length documentaries. Her film Descendant, about the descendants of survivors of the last ship to carry enslaved Africans into the United States, was shortlisted for the 2023 Academy Awards.
From Oscar-winning works, to rock docs and pop-culture biographies, these are the best documentaries on Netflix in 2024. From Oscar-winning works, to rock docs and pop-culture biographies, these ...
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker is an American historical drama television limited series, based on the biography On Her Own Ground by A'Lelia Bundles, that premiered on March 20, 2020, on Netflix.