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2020s · United States · documentary

Descendant (2022)

Directed by Margaret Brown

Year
2022
Countries
United States
Languages
English
Companies
Higher Ground Productions and Participant
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Africatown, the film's subject
Africatown, the film’s subject — not a still from the film. Photo: Graveyardwalker (Amy Walker), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About the 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 for wider distribution by Higher Ground Productions and Netflix. It received a theatrical release on October 21, 2022, and was available to stream on Netflix that day as well.

From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What it is about

ClotildaAfricatown

Awards on record

  • Sundance Special Jury Prize Documentary

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