Descendant
2022 · Movie · PG · 111 min · ★ 6.3 · 94% critics
In Mobile, Alabama, residents of Africatown have passed down stories of ancestors brought over in 1860 on the last known illegal slave ship. When the ship’s remains are finally discovered, the community gains a powerful, physical connection to a history long denied and deliberately hidden.
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Details
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-10-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 94/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (31 votes)
About
You’ll likely connect with this if you enjoy thoughtful, history-centered documentaries about memory, identity, and justice, like The First Wave; not for you if you want light viewing or fast, action-driven storytelling.
Pros: moving community voices; powerful historical focus; timely and reflective | Cons: heavy subject matter; deliberate pacing; emotionally intense moments
Awards & recognition
- Sundance Special Jury Prize Documentary · 2022
Cast & crew
- KS
Kamau Sadiki
as Self
- EL
Emmett Lewis
as Self
- VH
Vernetta Henson
as Self
- VT
Veda Tunstall
as Self
- JD
Joycelyn Davis
as Self
- WD
Willomina Davis
as Self
- MJ
Mae Jones
as Self
- LW
Lorna Woods
as Self
- KF
Karlos Finley
as Self
- KJ
Kern Jackson
as Self
Directed by Margaret Brown