Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter act as executive producers on the documentary.
Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Netflix-basedThe Participant feature from director Margaret Brown screened in the U.S. Documentary Competition section.
It follows members of Africatown, a small community in Alabama, as they share their personal stories and community history as descendants of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to illegally transport human beings as cargo from Africa to America. The ship’s existence, a centuries-old open secret, is confirmed by a team of marine archeologists.
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