Descendant
Films like Participant’s “Descendant” get acclaim, win awards, and even lead to real cultural change. But it doesn’t come cheap.
It was another year of these stories showing us how the world works, from the planet itself to the people who inhabit it.
One engaging narrative element in the film was the search for the slave ship Clotilda.
The documentary will open a showcase of 43 feature-length documentaries that are eligible for consideration for the upcoming Academy Awards.
The former President and First Lady were on hand to promote their latest Netflix documentary, "Descendant."
Margaret Brown's powerful film showcases the importance of storytelling in the Black community, as well as the tactics used by white America to silence those stories.
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