Black Voices Film Series: Traces of the Trade

Black Voices Film Series: Traces of the Trade
United Theatre, 5 Canal Street, Westerly

January 19, 4pm

Westerly ARC and the United Theatre are excited to launch our new Black Voices film series. Join us at the United Theatre on January 19 at 4pm for a special screening of Traces of the Trade

We are honored to welcome members of the DeWolf family who are featured in the documentary for a special pre-screening discussion. Mark your calendars and don’t miss this amazing opportunity!

From PBS:

First-time filmmaker Katrina Browne makes a troubling discovery — her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine fellow descendants set off to retrace the Triangle Trade: from their old hometown in Rhode Island to slave forts in Ghana to sugar plantation ruins in Cuba. Step by step, they uncover the vast extent of Northern complicity in slavery while also stumbling through the minefield of contemporary race relations. In this bicentennial year of the U.S. abolition of the slave trade, Traces of the Trade offers powerful new perspectives on the black/white divide. An official selection of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.