The Groundswell Collective is pleased to announce the launch of the freshly re-designed website for the film Traces of the Trade. The film follows director and filmmaker Katrina Browne and nine relatives on a remarkable journey which brings them face-to-face with the history and legacy of New England’s hidden enterprise – slavery.
Browne’s ancestors, the DeWolf family, were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. They trace their predecessors’ steps through what was the the Triangle Trade, visiting the DeWolf hometown of Bristol, Rhode Island, slave forts on the coast of Ghana, and the ruins of a family plantation in Cuba. They explore the minefield that is racial politics, and reunite a year later to discuss what it means to “repair” what has been done by one’s ancestors.
The film is intended as a catalyst for dialog and education through screenings in communities and classrooms. Groundswell is proud to have had the opportunity to further such discussion.
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[...] of the Trade is debuting a new web site design later today, courtesy of the talented team at Groundswell [...]