Traces of the Trade: Filmmaker Interview
First-time filmmaker Katrina Browne talks about the "unfinished business" of slavery in the United States and what she hopes viewers will take away from her film.
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Traces of the Trade: Trailer
S21 E1 - 2m 16s
First-time filmmaker Katrina Browne makes a troubling discovery — her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history.
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