[Antiracism] Feb. 9, 2009: 7:00pm Traces of The Trade at Westfield State College

Student Bridges studentbridges at gmail.com
Tue Feb 3 11:04:51 EST 2009 

A screening will also be at UMass, Amherst tomorrow, Wednesday, February 4.

 *In Honor of  African-American History Month
Film: "Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North"
Wednesday, February 4, 7 - 9 p.m.
Bartlett Hall Auditorium, Room 65, UMass Amherst
*

>From 1769 to 1820, the DeWolf family trafficked in human beings. Fathers,
sons and grandsons sailed from Bristol, RI to West Africa, carrying rum to
trade for African men, women and children. Captives were taken to Cuban
plantations owned by the DeWolfs or sold at auction. Ships were then loaded
with sugar and molasses, bound for the family's rum distilleries in Bristol.
Over the generations, the family owned 47 ships that transported thousands
of Africans across the Middle Passage into slavery. By the end of his life,
James DeWolf had been a U.S. Senator and was reportedly the second richest
man in the United States.

In this critically acclaimed film, this Northern family discovers that their
ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. Join them
as they come face-to-face with the history and legacy of New England's
hidden enterprise.The questions the DeWolf descendants face are shared by
all of us: What is the legacy of slavery? How does Northern complicity
change the equation? What's owed for the actions of our country's
ancestor's? What would repair - spiritual and material - really look like?
What would it take?

*A conversation with filmmaker and family member Katrina Browne; and family
member Holly Fulton and her husband, William Peebles, follows the screening
of this powerful and deeply personal story.* Browne wrote, directed and
produced the project, with co-director, editor and writer Alla Kovgan, and
co-director and executive producer Jude Ray. In December, the Women Film
Critics Circle honored Browne with its "Courage in Film making" award,
citing the documentary as one of the three best of 2008. Read more at
www.tracesofthetrade.org. *This event is free, open to the public and
wheelchair accessible.*

Sponsored by: the Women of Color Leadership Network, Health Education of
University Health Services, the Committee for the Collegiate Education of
Black and other Minority Students, and Everywoman's Center, with support
from the Department of Sociology, the Student Government Association,
Student Bridges and the Black Student Union.

Information: Tom Schiff, Ed.D., (413) 577-5181; tschiff at uhs.umass.edu.


On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Sam Stegeman <samws at comcast.net> wrote:

> Please join us for a
>
> Screening of *Traces of the Trade
> *Monday, February 9, 2009
> 7:00pm Screening at *Westfield State College's
> *Scanlon Banquet Hall
> 577 Western Avenue
> Westfield, MA 01086-1630
>
> Please join Traces director Katrina Browne for a screening of *Traces of
> the Trade: A Story from the Deep North* at Westfield State College's
> Scanlon Banquet Hall.  The screening will be followed by a Q&A discussion.
> *www.tracesofthetrade.org
> *------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> "Powerful is an inadequate word to describe the impact of Katrina Browne's
> *Traces of the Trade*...[her] clear-headed film represents an intense and
> searing call for national dialogue."
>                        - Kirk Honeycutt, *Hollywood Reporter
> *
> "This is more than one family's painful reckoning. This is the nation's
> story - one that strips away the North's heroic mantle..."
>                        - Cecelia Goodnow, *Seattle Post-Intelligencer
> *In *Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North*, first-time
> filmmaker Katrina Browne makes a troubling discovery - her New England
> ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history.  She and
> nine fellow descendants set out to retrace the Triangle Trade: from their
> old hometown in Rhode Island to slave forts in Ghana, and sugar plantation
> ruins in Cuba.  Step by step, they uncover the vast extent of Northern
> complicity in slavery while also stumbling through the minefield of
> contemporary race relations.  In this bicentennial year of the U.S.
> abolition of the slave trade, *Traces of the Trade* offers powerful new
> perspectives on the black/white divide.
> For more information about the *Traces of the Trade* national community
> engagement campaign contact Jennifer Carr, National Outreach Director at *
> jcarr at tracesofthetrade.org*, or visit *tracesofthetrade.org*.
>
> Traces of the Trade / Ebb Pod Productions | PO Box 380302 | Cambridge | MA
> | 02238
>
>
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>
>
>  Dear Sam,
>
> Please join us for a
> Screening of Traces of the Trade
>
>
>
> Monday, February 9, 2009
> 7:00pm Screening at Westfield State College's
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> Please join Traces director Katrina Browne for a screening of Traces of the
> Trade: A Story from the Deep North at Westfield State College's Scanlon
> Banquet Hall.  The screening will be followed by a Q discussion.
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>
>  "Powerful is an inadequate word to describe the impact of Katrina
> Browne's Traces of the Trade...[her] clear-headed film represents an intense
> and searing call for national dialogue."
>                        - Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
>
> "This is more than one family's painful reckoning. This is the nation's
> story - one that strips away the North's heroic mantle..."
>                         - Cecelia Goodnow, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
>
>
> In Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North, first-time filmmaker
> Katrina Browne makes a troubling discovery - her New England ancestors were
> the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history.  She and nine fellow
> descendants set out to retrace the Triangle Trade: from their old hometown
> in Rhode Island to slave forts in Ghana, and sugar plantation ruins in Cuba.
>  Step by step, they uncover the vast extent of Northern complicity in
> slavery while also stumbling through the minefield of contemporary race
> relations.  In this bicentennial year of the U.S. abolition of the slave
> trade, Traces of the Trade offers powerful new perspectives on the
> black/white divide.
>
> For more information about the Traces of the Trade national community
> engagement campaign contact Jennifer Carr, National Outreach Director at
> jcarr at tracesofthetrade.org, or visit tracesofthetrade.org
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