Loyalties / by Lesley Ann Patten.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Patten, Lesley Ann.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robertson, Carmelita.

Whitehead, Ruth Holmes.

Genealogy.

Slavery--South Carolina--History.

Slavery.

Genre:

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (57 min.).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2001.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

This is the poignant story of two women who discover they share two halves of a common past in the painful lineage of slave and slave holder. Carmelita Robertson, a black graduate student who worked at a museum of natural history and her co-worker, Dr. Ruth Holmes Whitehead, a white ethnologist, met for a professional lunch. First they discovered their joint interest in genealogy, then their roots in South Carolina, and then, to their dismay, a strange common thread. Almost certainly, one of Ruth's ancestors owned one of Carmelita's as a slave. As a result of this discovery, the pair decide to travel to South Carolina to unravel their linked heritage. We witness their journey through pain, resentment, embarrassment and ultimately acceptance, as each woman, in her own way, comes to terms with their shared history. A landmark film for African-American studies, women's history, and Southern history.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

Winner - Canada Award, Gemini Awards, 1999

WInner - Best Social Issues Documentary, Hot Docs, 1999

Vancouver International Film Festival, 1999

OCLC:

780753108