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Traces of the Trade
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North

by Katrina Browne

Premiere: June 24, 2008

First-time filmmaker Katrina Browne makes a troubling discovery — her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history.

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by Macky Alston

Premiere: September 15, 1998

This winner of the 1997 Sundance Freedom of Expression Award follows filmmaker Macky Alston from New York to the South, as he embarks on an excavation to unearth the history of his white slave-owning family, and explores the link to the black families that shared his name.