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Film explores descendants of last known U.S. slave ship

The Netflix film "Descendant" is backed by the Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions.

Axios

'Aftersun,' 'Banshees' lead AP's best films of 2022

Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr have made their picks for the best films of the year

The Independent UK

Saga of last US slave ship finds life in 'Descendant' doc

The prize-winning documentary, “Descendant,” tells the story of the last known slave ship to America and the descendants of the 110 people aboard

The Independent UK

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‘Descendant’ considers a slave ship and what remains in its wake

Netflix documentary thoughtfully navigates family stories, questions of justice and the aftereffects on a community in Alabama.

Chicago Sun-Times

Descendant review – powerful Netflix documentary on the legacy of slavery

A striking and sensitive film about how an illegal slave ship led to an Alabama community of inherited trauma but also defiance

The Guardian - US

Descendant: the untold story of an illegal slave ship and the legacy it left behind

A new Netflix documentary tells the story of activists in Africatown, a Black community in Alabama, as they fight to reclaim their history

The Guardian - US

New this week: Taylor Swift, 'Descendant' and 'Ghostwriter'

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Babyface, Arctic Monkeys and a Taylor Swift original, a documentary about the last known ship to bring African captives to the American South for enslavement and “Doc Martin” gets a proper farewell on Acorn TV

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Traffic hazard concerns raised over flooding problems on rural Scots road

Tree roots within culvert are said to be the cause of the problem outside woollen mill store.

Daily Record

Serial killer Peter Manuel's victim's family slam 'inaccurate' documentary

Stuart Reid, 77 and his brother David, 84, are furious with the Once Upon A True Crime show.

Daily Record

Peter Manuel's Barlinnie prison recordings could solve 65 year old murder mystery

Crime author Denise Mina says she's convinced serial killer Peter Manuel was hired through a third party by Glasgow businessman William Watt to kill his wife in September 1956.

Glasgow Live

Serial killer Peter Manuel's chilling tapes recorded in Barlinnie could solve mystery

For a new documentary on the Crime + Investigation channel, she has been given access to private tapes of Manuel talking to a prison psychiatrist as he waits to be hanged.

Daily Record

Sundance: 'Descendant' chronicles a Black history uncovered

Rarely have past and present mingled in a documentary the way they do in “Descendant,” a nonfiction account of the last known ship to bring African captives to the American South for enslavement

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