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Descendant

  • 20222022
  • PGPG
  • 1h 49m
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7.1/10
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Descendant (2022)
Follows descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda, the last ship that carried enslaved Africans to the United States, as they reclaim their story.
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Follows descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda, the last ship that carried enslaved Africans to the United States, as they reclaim their story.Follows descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda, the last ship that carried enslaved Africans to the United States, as they reclaim their story.Follows descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda, the last ship that carried enslaved Africans to the United States, as they reclaim their story.
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1.1K
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  • Director
    • Margaret Brown
  • Writers
    • Margaret Brown(co-writer)
    • Kern Jackson(co-writer)
  • Stars
    • Theodore Arthur
    • Gary Autrey
    • Chris Davis
  • Director
    • Margaret Brown
  • Writers
    • Margaret Brown(co-writer)
    • Kern Jackson(co-writer)
  • Stars
    • Theodore Arthur
    • Gary Autrey
    • Chris Davis
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    • 9User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
    • 87Metascore
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      • 7 wins & 21 nominations

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    Joycelyn Davis
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    Herndon Inge
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      • Margaret Brown
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      • Margaret Brown(co-writer)
      • Kern Jackson(co-writer)
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    8/10
    History as a nightmare.
    If a person knew very little about slavery and the slave trade, this documentary would be a great shock and revelation. Since my earliest student days, however, the slave trade between Africa and the "Americas" stood high profile with me. It still does.

    By focusing on the voyage of the "Clotilda", it being the last or one of the last slavers, and the descendance of its human cargo, it manages to cover the utterly dismal topic sufficiently. Grinning white people in suits referring to the reconstructive drawing of the "Clotilda" as "Wonderful" have no place in this story. This story belongs to African Americans, and how they were so late in history, abducted to the Americas by greedy white men.

    These same men, and they were men, who now hold all the money and land from this outrage now are riding a gravy train of financial advantage. Overall, the abomination against humanity that was the entirety of the Africa-Americas slave business will remain a bleeding sore on our society until reparations are made. Now that would be a wonderful picture.

    (Irving Warner)
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    • Release date
      • October 21, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Netflix
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • السلالة
    • Filming locations
      • Alabama, USA
    • Production companies
      • Higher Ground Productions
      • Participant
      • Two One Five Entertainment
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      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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