| Other author/creator | Browne, Katrina, screenwriter, producer, director. |
| Other author/creator | Kovgan, Alla director, film editor, screenwriter. |
| Other author/creator | DeWolf, Thomas Norman, 1954- Inheriting the trade. |
| Other author/creator | Ebb Pod Productions. |
| Other author/creator | California Newsreel (Firm) |
| Portion of title |
Story from the deep North |
| Abstract |
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 and gain a powerful new perspective on the black/white divide. |
| General note | Originally produced as a documentary film in 2008. |
| General note | Complements: Inheriting the trade : a Northern family confronts its legacy as the largest slave-trading dynasty in U.S. history / Thomas Norman DeWolf. Boston : Beacon Press, c2008. |
| General note | Special features (82 min.): Also includes an abridged version of the film (51 min.); extended interviews with Prof. Ronald W. Bailey & Prof. Joanne Pope Melish (10 min.), Prof. Joanne Pope Melish (12 min.), Prof. Robert Addo-Fening (8 min.), Prof. Maria del Carmen Barcia (12 min.), Prof. Glenn Loury (12 min.) & Prof. Charles Ogletree (9 min.); interviews with Browne (14 min.) & Rev. Frank Griswold (5 min.); printable materials (discussion guides for each version of the film & a collection of companion essays, all in PDF format). |
| Credits | Director of photography, Liz Dory ; original score by Roger C. Miller. |
| Performer |
DeWolf descendants appearing in the film: Katrina Browne, Keila DePoorter, Tom DeWolf, Holly Fulton, Elly DeWolfe Hale, Ledlie Laughlin, Dain Perry, James DeWolf Perry VI, Jim DeWolf Perry V, Elizabeth Sturges Llerena. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Terms of use | "Licensed for institutional use, except for faith-based groups"--Container. |
| Language | In English. |
| Language | Closed-captioned. |
| Genre/form | Documentary films. |
| Genre/form | Historical films. |
| Genre/form | Biographical films. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Films for the hearing impaired. |
