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Traces of the Trade (Trailer) (2:17)
Katrina Browne
"Traces of the Trade" tackles the hidden history of New England's major role in slavery. From 1769 to 1820, Browne's ancestors'DeWolf fathers, sons and grandsons'sailed their ships from Bristol, Rhode Island to West Africa to trade rum for Africans. Captives were taken to plantations that the DeWolfs owned in Cuba or were sold at auctions. Sugar and molasses were then brought from Cuba to the family-owned rum distilleries in Bristol. The Triangle Trade drove the economy not only of Bristol, but also of many other Northern port cities.
Browne joins nine DeWolf descendants on a risky journey that retraces the Triangle Trade route from Bristol, to the coast of Ghana, to the plantations in Cuba. The journey challenges the entire DeWolf clan, creating consternation and conflict in the extended family. Ultimately, Traces of Trade shows a white family realizing that they need to face the past if they are going to find their way to right relationships'personal and institutional'with African Americans today.
"Traces of the Trade" premieres June 24th at 10pm, as part of the P.O.V. 2008 schedule.
Browne joins nine DeWolf descendants on a risky journey that retraces the Triangle Trade route from Bristol, to the coast of Ghana, to the plantations in Cuba. The journey challenges the entire DeWolf clan, creating consternation and conflict in the extended family. Ultimately, Traces of Trade shows a white family realizing that they need to face the past if they are going to find their way to right relationships'personal and institutional'with African Americans today.
"Traces of the Trade" premieres June 24th at 10pm, as part of the P.O.V. 2008 schedule.
Producer Biography:
Before launching her film "Traces of the Trade" in 1999, Katrina Browne served as Outreach Planning Coordinator for the film adaptation of Anna Deavere Smith's critically acclaimed play about the LA riots, "Twilight: Los Angeles." She has also worked as a senior staff person at Public Allies, an AmeriCorps program now operating in ten cities that she co-founded in 1991 in Washington, DC to recruit more young people and people of color into nonprofit careers. Katrina's film includes the work of Academy Award-nominated editor Bill Anderson and editor/co-director Alla Kovgan.
Before launching her film "Traces of the Trade" in 1999, Katrina Browne served as Outreach Planning Coordinator for the film adaptation of Anna Deavere Smith's critically acclaimed play about the LA riots, "Twilight: Los Angeles." She has also worked as a senior staff person at Public Allies, an AmeriCorps program now operating in ten cities that she co-founded in 1991 in Washington, DC to recruit more young people and people of color into nonprofit careers. Katrina's film includes the work of Academy Award-nominated editor Bill Anderson and editor/co-director Alla Kovgan.
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