Documenting a whispered family history

Like Macky Alston’s “Family Name” (1997) and what I’ve heard about Godfrey Cheshire’s “Moving Midway” (2007), Katrina Browne’s “Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North” investigates the filmmaker’s family history of slavery.

Like Macky Alston’s “Family Name” (1997) and what I’ve heard about Godfrey Cheshire’s “Moving Midway” (2007), Katrina Browne’s “Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North” investigates the filmmaker’s family history of slavery.

After the Sunday night screening, audience members had much fuel for discussion—the film’s conclusion and the involvement of the Episcopal Church, Ivy League elitism, and the merits of slavery reparations.

On Tuesday, June 24, Browne’s film will kick off the season for P.O.V. on PBS.

rania posted to Director, Festival- HRW 2008 on June 22, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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