“Descendant,”Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to the Participant documentary, which was also a Sundance Award nominee about slavery’s legacy, as the company announced Friday. Higher Ground, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company, will present the film, alongside Netflix.
“I have been humbled and honored to spend four years with the residents of Africatown as they seek justice and reconciliation for what happened in 1860, and what is still happening today,”Brown stated this in a statement. “I am excited that through Netflix and Higher Ground’s global reach, audiences around the world will learn this powerful history.”
“Descendant”Follow members of Africatown, an Alabama community, as they share their stories and history as descendants from the Clotilda slave ship that illegally transported human beings as cargo between Africa and America. The ship’s existence, a centuries-old open secret, is confirmed by a team of marine archeologists. The film explores implications of the Clotilda’s discovery for the descendants, who grapple with their heritage while claiming the power to shape their own destinies.
The U.S. Academy of Film and Television Awards was won by the film. On Friday, the Documentary Special Jury Prize awarded creative vision to the film. “Descendant”This is a Night Tide production in association with Two One Five Entertainment. It was directed by Margaret Brown. The film premiered at the U.S. To rave reviews, the film won the Documentary Competition at 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
Producers are Kyle Martin, Essie chambers, and Margaret Brown. The executive producers are Participant’s Jeff Skoll and Diane Weyermann, Kate Hurwitz of Cinetic Media, Two One Five Entertainment’s Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Tariq “Black Thought”Trotter, Shawn Gee und Zarah Zohlman
John Sloss of Cinetic Media and Jason Ishikawa; Liesl Cohen, Rob Williams and Jeannine Tang of Participant negotiated this deal.
“Descendant”This is the 10th series or film that Netflix and Participant have collaborated to produce. “American Factory.”Higher Ground. The film is dedicated Diane Weyermann who was Chief Content Officer of Participant. The company will be incorporating “Descendant”Its ongoing impact work is dedicated to advancing social and racial justice.