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Africatown Documentary (2022)
Learn more about the Africatown community through this new documentary film — directed by Margaret Brown, produced in conjunction with Participant Media — presented by Netflix and Higher Ground, the film production company of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Watch the introductory video, played before the film’s Oct. 22nd premiere at the Saenger Theatre in Mobile, AL.
Finding the Shipwreck Was Just the Beginning. The Trailer for Descendant Shows That It’s About Much More
New Doc Gives Voice to the Descendants of the Last Known Ship to Smuggle Stolen Africans to the US
In 1860, 110 people from the West African country now known as Benin were illegally transported to Mobile, Alabama, aboard The Clotilda, a ship that was burned by its owner, Timothy Meaher, to cover up his crimes. More than a century later, Margaret Brown’s new documentary. Descendant tells the story of the families of those brought over on The Clotilda, who now form the community of Africatown, and how the recent discovery of the shipwreck has compelled them to grapple with a century of mythmaking, the lasting forces of oppression and a shared path toward justice.
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Descendants of the enslaved Africans on an illegal ship that arrived in Alabama in 1860 seek justice and healing when the craft's remains are discovered.
Read more articles and ongoing developments with the Clotilda Descendants and the Africatown community.
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