Proteus Gowanus » Traces of the Trade http://proteusgowanus.org An interdisciplinary gallery and reading room Sat, 19 Sep 2015 22:40:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North http://proteusgowanus.org/2014/12/traces-of-the-trade-a-story-from-the-deep-north/ http://proteusgowanus.org/2014/12/traces-of-the-trade-a-story-from-the-deep-north/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2014 01:36:51 +0000 http://proteusgowanus.org/?p=4306 Tuesday, December 16, 7pm
Free
As part of the COMMERCE year exploration, we present the feature documentary Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North. Filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade between Africa, the West Indies and the American colonies and uncover powerful new perspectives on the black/white divide.
A discussion will follow the film with a member of the DeWolf family who appears in the film and has extensive experience discussing these issues.

The NY Times called the film, “A far-reaching personal documentary examination of the slave trade … The implications of the film are devastating.”
— Stephen Holden, The New York Times
For more information about the film: http://www.tracesofthetrade.org/
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