Posted in Race and slavery on Aug 16th, 2008
This fall, the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities will sponsor a series of screenings of Traces of the Trade around the state.
The discussion series, “Traces of the Trade: Massachusetts and the Economy of Slavery,” commemorates the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade. Each event will feature a screening of the new, 55-minute discussion […]
Posted in Race and slavery on Aug 7th, 2008
Traces of the Trade has won the New England Emerging Filmmaker award in the documentary category at the 17th annual Woods Hole Film Festival.
Posted in Race and slavery on Jul 26th, 2008
Politico.com is reporting this morning that the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to consider an apology for slavery and discrimination next week.
Posted in Race and slavery on Jul 14th, 2008
This morning’s interview on The Early Show on CBS is now available to watch online.
The interview was conducted by anchor Harry Smith with Tom DeWolf, Katrina Browne and Juanita Brown, on the occasion of the release of Traces of the Trade on DVD.
Harry Smith had previously blogged about the book and the film, and he […]
Posted in Race and slavery on Jul 9th, 2008
The Early Show on CBS is scheduled to air a live interview in New York with Tom DeWolf, Katrina Browne, and Juanita Brown on Monday, July 14.
The interview is to be conducted by anchor Harry Smith, who wrote about the film when it first aired on PBS:
… the journey is painful, tearful and revealing. … the film displays […]
Posted in Race and slavery on Jun 28th, 2008
On the front page of today’s Style section, the Washington Post runs a feature story on Traces of the Trade, headlined “A Family Discovers Its History of Shackles and Shame.”
The article, by Ellen Maguire, runs in advance of the Washington-area broadcast of the film on Sunday on WETA, and features interviews with Katrina Browne, the […]
Posted in Race and slavery on Jun 24th, 2008
The national broadcast premiere of Traces of the Trade on PBS begins this evening at 10:00pm.
Local PBS stations will carry the broadcast on different days and times, so be sure to check your local listings (opens in a new window).
Posted in Race and slavery on Jun 24th, 2008
I’ve delayed posting about this morning’s press coverage of Traces of the Trade, as we prepare for the start of national broadcast this evening on PBS.
However, several members of the Traces family have asked me for the latest update, so I hope everyone else will bear with me—or simply move along—as I review what the press […]
Posted in Race and slavery on Jun 23rd, 2008
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has an article this evening, “A Family Confronts Its Slave-Trading Past,” featuring an interview with my cousin, Elly Hale.
Posted in Race and slavery on Jun 23rd, 2008
Laura Flanders, who hosts “RadioNation” on Air America Radio, has a video interview with Katrina Browne, the producer/director of Traces of the Trade, at Fire Dog Lake this afternoon.
