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DescendantBy Margaret Brown

In a Nutshell

This documentary follows the descendants of those who were illegally smuggled on America's last slave ship as they reflect on what the discovery of the ship could mean for their community.

Favorite Quote

This is an American story. What brought this nation into being? There's human suffering. There's the power of the human spirit: resistance, resilience, and survival.

Mary Elliott, curator of Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

Introduction

The last ship to bring enslaved Africans to the U.S., the Clotilda, came illegally almost 60 years after the importation of enslaved people was outlawed.

The ship's owner had the vessel burned to destroy the evidence, but the ramifications of the event are still felt in present-day injustice.

Margaret Brown is a documentary filmmaker who previously directed The Great Invisible.

In Descendant, Brown follows the residents of Africatown, including descendants of the survivors of the Clotilda, as a search for the ship mounts.

The documentary explores how the past continues to influence the present and shows the importance of shedding light on often-silenced African American stories.

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