Descendientes

Descendientes (2022)

Descendant

Los descendientes del Clotilda

En 1860, cincuenta años después de que EE. UU. prohibiese la trata de esclavos, un barco negrero procedente de África Occidental llega a Alabama y es destruido poco después. En 2019, los descendientes de los supervivientes pueden por fin desenterrar la evidencia de lo que les sucedió a sus antepasados.

Fecha de estreno
2022-10-21
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (32)
Duración
1 h 51 min
Géneros
Documental, Historia
Director
Margaret Brown

Reparto

Curiosidades

  • Rodada en: Africatown
  • Premios: 1 · Nominaciones: 0. Incluyendo: Sundance Special Jury Prize Documentary

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.

Production and release

After the wreckage of the Clotilda was discovered, director Margaret Brown spent four years with the residents of Africatown examining how the discovery impacted the lives of descendants of the last known slaves brought to the US. Brown also produced the film alongside Kyle Martin and Essie Chambers for Participant and Take One Five Entertainment.

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